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The global impact of the Great Depression, 1929-1939 [electronic resource] / Dietmar Rothermund.

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Dietmar Rothermund broadens the conventional focus of the great depression to include its impact on the countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America. He explains key areas, such as Keynesian theory and the role of the international gold standard.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Rothermund, Dietmar, 1933-2020
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.
Subjects:
Depressions > 1929 > Developing countries.
Economic history > 1918-1945.
Developing countries > Economic conditions.
Depressions.
Economic history.
Developing countries.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : economics and the depression
  • The tragedy of the international gold standard
  • The dilemma of war debts and reparations
  • World production of agricultural produce
  • The origin of the depression in America
  • The transmission of the crisis to Europe
  • Turkey and Egypt : modernising states athe the European periphery
  • Australia's reaction : overproduction and devaluation
  • Colonial crisis management : the Indian experience
  • The new role of the state in Latin America
  • Contrasts in East Asia : China and Japan
  • Reactions the the depression in Southeast Asia.

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