Imperial Economic Policy 1917-1939 : : Studies in Expansion and Protection / / Ian Drummond.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Drummond, Ian ,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]; ©1974
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (496 p.)

This book offers a detailed account, based on primary source materials from Britain, Canada, and Australia, of the process by which the Empire settlement programme and the Ottawa Agreements were devised. It also traces the effects of both, placing them in the general contexts of British economic policy-making, imperial economic diplomacy and the contemporary concern with economic imperialism. Its special merits are twofold: a solid base in the documents and a development of the historical arguments and assessments with the aid of economic analysis. It should appeal to anyone who is interested in British political and economic history, or in Commonwealth history, especially in the twentieth century.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Dramatis Personae -- 1. Introduction: The Empire in British Economic Policy 1917–1939 -- 2. The Birth of Empire Settlement, 1916–1922 -- 3. The Growth and Death of Empire Settlement, 1922–1930 -- 4. Bulk Purchase, Import Boards, Quotas, and the Imperial Conference of 1930 -- 5. Preparing for Ottawa, 1930–1932 -- 6. The Ottawa Conference -- 7. Ottawa Aftermath: Meat, Butter, and the Dominions, 1932–1938 -- 8. Ottawa Aftermath: Tariff Boards, Domestic Competition, and Trade Diversion, 1932–1939 -- 9. Conclusion -- Notes -- Index