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Category : Labor
Languages : en
Pages : 790
Book Description
International Labor Conference
Author: For Peace and Money
Author: Jennifer SiegelPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199387834
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
From the late imperial period until 1922, the British and French made private and government loans to Russia, making it the foremost international debtor country in pre-World War I Europe. To finance the modernization of industry, the construction of public works projects, the building of railroads, and the development of the military-industrial complex, Russia's ministers of finance, municipal leaders, and nascent manufacturing class turned, time and time again, to foreign capital. From the forging of the Franco-Russian alliance onwards, Russia's needs were met, first and foremost, by France and Great Britain, its allies, and diplomatic partners in the developing Triple Entente. Russia's continued access to those ready lenders ensured that the empire of the Tsars would not be tempted away from its alliance and entente partners. This web of financial and political interdependence affected both foreign policy and domestic society in all three countries. The Russian state was so heavily indebted to its western creditors, rendering those western economies almost prisoners to this debt, that the debtor nation in many ways had the upper hand; the Russian government at times was actually able to dictate policy to its French and British counterparts. Those nations' investing classes-which, in France in particular, spanned not only the upper classes but the middle, rentier class, as well-had such a vast proportion of their savings wrapped up in Russian bonds that any default would have been catastrophic for their own economies. That default came not long after the Bolshevik Revolution brought to power a government who felt no responsibility, whatsoever, for the debts accrued by the tsars for the purpose of oppressing Russia's workers and peasants. The ensuing effect on allied morale, the Anglo-French relationship, and, ultimately, on international relations in the twentieth century, was grim and far-reaching. Jennifer Siegel narrates a classic tale of money and power in the modern era-an age of economic interconnectivity and great power interdependency-involving such figures as Lord Revelstoke, chairman of Baring Brothers, the British and French Rothschild cousins, and Sergei Witte, Russia's authoritative finance minister during much of this age of expansion. For Peace and Money highlights the importance of foreign capital in policymaking on the origins and conduct of World War I.
Recueil Des Cours, Collected Courses 1932
Author: Academie De Droit International De La HaPublisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN: 9789028607620
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
Organisation for Communications and Transit
Author: League of NationsForeign Affairs
Author: Archibald Cary CoolidgePublisher:
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Category : International relations
Languages : en
Pages : 766
Book Description
No. 3 of each year (1979- ) has distinctive title: America and the world.
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Category : International relations
Languages : en
Pages : 1158
Book Description
Conférence internationale du travail
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Category : Labor laws and legislation, International
Languages : fr
Pages : 558
Book Description
The Genoa Conference
Author: Carole FinkPublisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815626039
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
This work, by Carole Fink, winner of the George Louis Beer Prize, traces the origin and outcome of the Genoa Conference in 1921/22, one of the most important events in European diplomacy following World War I.
Recueil Des Cours, Collected Courses, 1926
Author: Acadimie de Droit International de La HayePublisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN: 9789028605220
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
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