Peddling Protectionism : Smoot-Hawley and the Great Depression /

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The Smoot-Hawley tariff of 1930, which raised U.S. duties on hundreds of imported goods to record levels, is America's most infamous trade law. It is often associated with--and sometimes blamed for--the onset of the Great Depression, the collapse of world trade, and the global spread of protect...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Irwin, Douglas A., 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States. > Tariff Act of 1930.
Tariff Act of 1930 (United States)
Tariff.
Protectionism.
Economic history.
Depressions.
Commercial policy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Exports & Imports.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > Trade & Tariffs.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > Marketing.
Crises economiques > 1929 > États-Unis.
Protectionnisme > États-Unis.
Depressions > 1929 > United States.
Protectionism > United States.
Tariff > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
États-Unis > Conditions economiques > 20e siecle.
United States > Economic conditions > 20th century.
United States > Commercial policy > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Domestic politics
  • Economic consequences
  • Foreign retaliation
  • Aftermath and legacy.

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