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Global capitalism : its fall and rise in the twentieth century, and its stumbles in the twenty-first / Jeffry A. Frieden.

By: Frieden, Jeffry AMaterial type: TextTextNew York : W.W. Norton & Company , c2020Edition: First editionDescription: xv, 582 pages ; 21 cmISBN: 9780393358254; 0393358259Other title: Global capitalism : its fall and rise in the 20th century, and its stumbles in the 21stSubject(s): International economic relations -- History -- 20th century | International economic relations -- History -- 21st century | Capitalism -- History -- 20th century | Capitalism -- History -- 21st century | Globalization -- Economic aspects -- History -- 20th century | Globalization -- Economic aspects -- History -- 21st century | International finance -- History -- 20th century | Economic history -- 20th century | International finance -- History -- 21st centuryLOC classification: HF1359 | .F75 2020
Contents:
Into the twentieth century -- Last best years of the golden age, 1896-1914. Global capitalism triumphant ; Defenders of the global economy ; Success stories of the golden age ; Failures of development ; Problems of the global economy -- Things fall apart, 1914-1939. "All that is solid melts into air -- " ; The world of tomorrow ; The established order collapses ; The turn to Autarky ; Building a social democracy -- Together again, 1939-1973. Reconstruction east and west ; The Bretton Woods system in action ; Decolonization and development ; Socialism in many countries ; The end of Bretton Woods -- Globalization, 1973-2000. Crisis and change ; Globalizers victorious ; Countries catch up ; Countries fall behind ; Global capitalism troubled ; And fall again?
Summary: "An authoritative, insightful, and highly readable history of the twentieth-century global economy, updated with a new chapter on the early decades of the new century. Global Capitalism guides the reader from the globalization of the early twentieth century and its swift collapse in the crises of 1914-45, to the return to global integration at the end of the century, and the subsequent retreat in the wake of the financial crisis of 2008"--Publisher's website.
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"With a new chapter on the great financial crisis and the retreat from global integration"--Cover.

"First published as a Norton paperback 2007, reissued 2020"--Title page verso.

First published as: Global capitalism : its fall and rise in the twentieth century. New York : W.W. Norton, c2006.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-548) and index.

Into the twentieth century -- Last best years of the golden age, 1896-1914. Global capitalism triumphant ; Defenders of the global economy ; Success stories of the golden age ; Failures of development ; Problems of the global economy -- Things fall apart, 1914-1939. "All that is solid melts into air -- " ; The world of tomorrow ; The established order collapses ; The turn to Autarky ; Building a social democracy -- Together again, 1939-1973. Reconstruction east and west ; The Bretton Woods system in action ; Decolonization and development ; Socialism in many countries ; The end of Bretton Woods -- Globalization, 1973-2000. Crisis and change ; Globalizers victorious ; Countries catch up ; Countries fall behind ; Global capitalism troubled ; And fall again?

"An authoritative, insightful, and highly readable history of the twentieth-century global economy, updated with a new chapter on the early decades of the new century. Global Capitalism guides the reader from the globalization of the early twentieth century and its swift collapse in the crises of 1914-45, to the return to global integration at the end of the century, and the subsequent retreat in the wake of the financial crisis of 2008"--Publisher's website.

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