The History of Foreign Investment in the United States to 1914

'This is the best comprehensive survey of early American direct investment abroad that has yet appeared...The author aims to give the reader a sense of when, why, how, and where early American business went into direct foreign investment.' - Library Journal

About the author

Mira Wilkins is Professor of Economics at Florida International University.

Summary

From the colonial era to 1914, America was a debtor nation in international accounts—owing more to foreigners than foreigners owed to us. By 1914 it was the world’s largest debtor nation. Mira Wilkins provides the first complete history of foreign investment in the United States during that period.

Product details

• Authors: Mira Wilkins
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.1989
• EAN: 9780674396661
• ISBN: 978-0-674-39666-1
• No. of pages: 992
• Weight: 1542 g
• Illustrations: 8 line illustrations, 62 tables
• Series: Studies in Business History; Harvard Studies in Business History; Harvard Studies in Business Hi; Harvard Studies in Business History
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy