{"product_id":"the-history-of-foreign-investment-mira-wilkins-9780674013087","title":"The History of Foreign Investment in the United States, 1914-1945","description":"\u003cp\u003eMira Wilkins, the foremost authority on foreign investment in the United States, continues her magisterial history in a work covering the critical years 1914-1945. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilkins 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mira Wilkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674013085\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674013087\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 1008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.48h x 6.46w x 2.17d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2004 pg. 534","brand":"Mira Wilkins","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065037041919,"sku":"9780674013087","price":157.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_64a19079-3ed8-458f-b1b2-d80ab1476246.jpg?v=1768672720","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-history-of-foreign-investment-mira-wilkins-9780674013087","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}