International Trading System, Globalization and History

Edited by Kevin H. O’Rourke, Professor of Economics, NYU Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

'Kevin O'Rourke's selection of papers on nineteenth and twentieth century trade policy, providing essential reading for researchers in the field, is educative even for those already steeped in the subject and fundamental for understanding present day trade conflicts.'

• Contents:Volume IAcknowledgementsIntroduction Kevin H. O’RourkePART IOVERVIEWS 1. C.P. Kindleberger (1975), ‘The Rise of Free Trade in Western Europe, 1820–1875’2. Alan Milward (1981), ‘Tariffs as Constitutions’3. John H. Coatsworth and Jeffrey G. Williamson (2004), ‘The Roots of Latin American Protectionism: Looking before the Great Depression’4. Charles P. Kindleberger (1989), ‘Commercial Policy between the Wars’5. Douglas A. Irwin (1995), ‘The GATT’s Contribution to Economic Recovery in Post-War Western Europe’PART IIWAR AND PEACE 6. François Crouzet (1964), ‘Wars, Blockade, and Economic Change in Europe, 1792–1815’7. Paul W. Schroeder (1986), ‘The 19th-Century International System: Changes in the Structure’8. Carl Strikwerda (1993), ‘The Troubled Origins of European Economic Integration: International Iron and Steel and Labor Migration in the Era of World War I’9. Paul W. Schroeder (1993), ‘Economic Integration and the European International System in the Era of World War I’10. Carl Strikwerda (1993), ‘Response to “Economic Integration and the European International System in the Era of World War I”’11. Charles H. Feinstein, Peter Temin and Gianni Toniolo (1997), ‘The Legacy of the First World War’PART IIILATE NINETEENTH CENTURY BACKLASH 12. C.P. Kindleberger (1951), ‘Group Behavior and International Trade’13. Kevin H. O’Rourke (1997), ‘The European Grain Invasion, 1870–1913’14. Ashley S. Timmer and Jeffrey G. Williamson (1998), ‘Immigration Policy Prior to the 1930s: Labor Markets, Policy Interactions, and Globalization Backlash’15. Jeffrey G. Williamson (1998), ‘Globalization, Labor Markets and Policy Backlash in the Past’PART IVCONTEMPORARY VIEWS OF INTERWAR DISINTEGRATION 16. League of Nations (1942), ‘An Analysis of the Reasons for the Success or Failure of International Proposals’17. Karl Polanyi (1944), ‘The Hundred Years’ Peace’ and ‘Conservative Twenties, Revolutionary Thirties’Name IndexVolume II AcknowledgementsAn introduction by the editor to both volumes appears in Volume IPART IHEGEMONY 1. Charles P. Kindleberger (1973), ‘An Explanation of the 1929 Depression’2. Stephen D. Krasner (1976), ‘State Power and the Structure of International Trade’3. Arthur A. Stein (1984), ‘The Hegemon’s Dilemma: Great Britain, the United States, and the International Economic Order’4. Timothy J. McKeown (1983), ‘Hegemonic Stability Theory and 19th Century Tariff Levels in Europe’5. Patrick K. O’Brien and Geoffrey Allen Pigman (1992), ‘Free Trade, British Hegemony and the International Economic Order in the Nineteenth Century’6. John Gallagher and Ronald Robinson (1953), ‘The Imperialism of Free Trade’7. D.C.M. Platt (1968), ‘The Imperialism of Free Trade: Some Reservations’PART IINON-DISCRIMINATION AND RECIPROCITY 8. Douglas A. Irwin (1993), ‘Multilateral and Bilateral Trade Policies in the World Trading System: An Historical Perspective’9. David Lazer (1999), ‘The Free Trade Epidemic of the 1860s and Other Outbreaks of Economic Discrimination’10. H. Van V. Fay (1927), ‘Commercial Policy in Post-War Europe: Reciprocity versus Most-Favored-Nation Treatment’11. Jagdish N. Bhagwati and Douglas A. Irwin (1987), ‘The Return of Reciprocitarians – US Trade Policy Today’PART IIICUSTOMS UNIONS AND PREFERENTIAL TRADING AGREEMENTS 12. Jacob Viner (1950), ‘Political Aspects of Customs Union’13. W.O. Henderson (1984), ‘Conclusion’14. W.O. Henderson (1981), ‘The German Zollverein and the European Economic Community’15. Rolf H. Dumke (1994), ‘The Political Economy of the Foundation of the Zollverein’PART IVTRADE WARS AND TRADE RIVALRY 16. John Conybeare (1985), ‘Trade Wars: A Comparative Study of Anglo-Hanse, Franco-Italian, and Hawley-Smoot Conflicts’17. Douglas A. Irwin (1991), ‘Mercantilism as Strategic Trade Policy: The Anglo-Dutch Rivalry for the East India Trade’Name Index