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The History of Foreign Investment in the United States, 1914-1945 /

Mira Wilkins, the foremost authority on foreign investment in the United States, continues her magisterial history in a work covering the critical years 1914-1945. Wilkins includes all long-term inward foreign investments, both portfolio (by individuals and institutions) and direct (by multinational...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wilkins, Mira (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]
Colección:Harvard Studies in Business History ; 43
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables and Figures
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. The First World War, 1914-1918
  • 2. America's New Role, 1919-1923
  • 3. Survival, Expansion, and New Arrivals, 1919-1923
  • 4. Prosperity, 1924-1929
  • 5. The Foreign Multinationals, 1924-1929
  • 6. A Time of Anguish, October 1929-March 1933
  • 7. A World at Risk, 1933-1939
  • 8. War Abroad, 1939-1941
  • 9. World War II, 1941-1945
  • 10. American Hegemony
  • Appendixes
  • Appendix 1: Definitions
  • Appendix 2: Notes on the Statistics
  • Appendix 3: Detailed Sources for Tables 2.1, 8.3, and 10.1
  • Appendix 4: Principal U.S. Federal Legislation Affecting Foreign Investment in the United States, 1914-1945
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index