The History of Foreign Investment in the United States, 1914-1945 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780674013087)

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 multinationals), across such enterprises as chemicals and pharmaceuticals, textiles, insurance, banks and mortgage providers, other service sector companies, and mining and oil industries. She traces the complex course of inward investments, presents the experiences of the investors, and examines the political and economic conditions, particularly the range of public policies, that affected foreign investments. She also offers valuable discussions on the intricate cross-investments of inward and outward involvements and the legal precedents that had long-term consequences on foreign investment.

At the start of World War I, the United States was a debtor nation. By the end of World War II, it was a creditor nation with the strongest economy in the world. Integrating economic, business, technological, legal, and diplomatic history, this comprehensive study is essential to understanding the internationalization of the American economy, as well as broader global trends.

Author: Mira Wilkins
ISBN-10: 0674013085
ISBN-13: 9780674013087
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/30/2004
Pages: 1008
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.18lbs
Size: 9.48h x 6.46w x 2.17d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2004 pg. 534