Failure of Agrarian Capitalism - Agrarian Politics in Uk, Germany, Netherlands Usa, 1846 1919

Informationen zum Autor Niek Koning Klappentext Agriculture is a highly sensitive industry. Throughout their history, national governments have intervened in and protected their agricultural sectors. The problems of competition in agriculture have been continually illustrated by disagreement over the European Community's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and, more recently, by attempts to reform farming policy in the last round of the GATT negotiations. The Failure of Agrarian Capitalism presents a comparative analysis of in agarian policies in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and the USA from 1846-1919. Zusammenfassung The problems of competition in agriculture have been highlighted recently by disagreement over the European Community's Common Agricultural Policy. This book presents an analysis of the roots of these problems in agrarian politics from 1846-1919 Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures, List of tables, Preface and acknowledgements, 1 INTRODUCTION, 2 AGRARIAN CAPITALISM: GROWTH AND MISCARRIAGE, 3 MID-1840s TO c. 1873: THE LIBERAL YEARS, 4 c. 1873 TO LATE 1890s: THE WATERSHED, 5 LATE 1890s TO THE FIRST WORLD WAR: AGRICULTURE AND NATIONAL EFFICIENCY, 6 THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND BEYOND, 7 DISCUSSION, APPENDIX: Statistical data on agricultural development in the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands and the United States, 1850–1913, Notes, References, Index

Product details

• Authors: Niek Koning, Koning Niek
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.11.1994
• EAN: 9780415114318
• ISBN: 978-0-415-11431-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Food Industry, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Economic history, Netherlands, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Agriculture, agribusiness and food production industries, Agriculture & Related Industries