| The End of Globalization: Lessons from the Great Depression Subjects: International economic relations; International trade; International finance; Depressions -- 1929; Financial crises; National state; Globalization -- Economic aspects; "Globalization" is here. Signified by an increasingly close economic interconnection that has led to profound political and social change around the world, the process seems irreversible. In this book, however, Harold James provides a sobering historical perspective, exploring the circumstances in which the globally integrated world of an earlier era broke down under the pressure of unexpected events. |