Imperial economic policy 1917-1939 : studies in expansion and protection / by Ian M. Drummond.

Author
Drummond, Ian M. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1974.
Description
1 online resource (497 pages)

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Series
Heritage [More in this series]
Summary note
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.
Notes
Description based upon print version of record.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
  • Cover; Contents; Preface; Dramatis Personae; 1. Introduction: The Empire in British Economic Policy 1917-1939; I. The Scene and the Chronology; II. Unemployment, Development Strategy, and the White Dominions; A Chronology; 2. The Birth of Empire Settlement, 1916-1922; I. Wartime Developments and the Emigration Bill, 1917-1918; II. Ex-Servicemen, Unemployment, and the Overseas Settlement Committee, 1918-1920; III. Imperial Conversations, 1921; IV. Whitehall Arguments, 1921-1922; V. Comments on the Legislative Process; 3. The Growth and Death of Empire Settlement, 1922-1930.
  • I. Manoeuvrings and Disappointments, 1922II. The Imperial Economic Conference and Thereafter, 1923-1927; III. Canada and the Industrial Transference Board; IV. The Antipodes and Land Settlement; V. The Treasury and Empire Settlement and Development; VI. Appraising the Empire Settlement Programme; 4. Bulk Purchase, Import Boards, Quotas, and the Imperial Conference of 1930; I. Wheat Quotas, 1930-1932; 5. Preparing for Ottawa, 1930-1932; I. The Beginnings; II. The National Government, Protection, and Unilateral Preferences; III. Preliminary Conversations; 1. The General Arrangements.
  • 2. Talks with South Africa3. Talks with New Zealand; 4. Talks with Canada; 5. Talks with Australia; 6. The Non-Ferrous Metals; IV. The Problem of Russia; V. The Agenda and the Monetary Question; VI. The Results; 6. The Ottawa Conference; I. Committees; II. Domestic Competition and Dominion Tariff Concessions; III. Meat at Ottawa; IV. Other British Concessions: Wheat, Flour, Dairy Products, Metals; V. Russia and Timber; VI. Evaluation; Appendix I; Appendix II; 7. Ottawa Aftermath: Meat, Butter, and the Dominions,1932-1938; I. Introduction; II. Early Adventures with Quantitative Controls.
  • 1. Meat2. Butter; III. The Levy-Subsidy Idea; IV. The 1935-1936 Meat Talks; V. Butter and the Death of Levy-Subsidies; VI . Why the Levy-Subsidy Idea Lasted so Long; VII. Meat and the Death of Producer-Control; 8. Ottawa Aftermath: Tariff Boards, Domestic Competition, and Trade Diversion, 1932-1939; I. Australia; II. New Zealand; III. Canada; IV. Fixed Rates, Fixed Margins, and the Preferential System; 9. Conclusion; I. The Dominant Objectives; II. The Exploitation Hypothesis; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; Blank Page.
ISBN
  • 9781442653948 ((electronic bk.))
  • 1442653949 ((electronic bk.))
  • 1442638419
  • 9781442638419
OCLC
962156349
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