British Wartime Protectionism and Swiss Trading Companies in Asia during the First World War

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ID4162882
AuthorsChristof Dejung (0000-0002-5200-9790), Andreas Zangger
Year2010
Volume207
Issue1
Pages181-213
Publication date2010-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePast & Present (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0031-2746 • E-ISSN: 1477-464X
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/pastj/gtq004
OpenAlexW2081086595
LanguageEN
Citations received6

Nationalistic ideas of commerce ... have contributed to those conceptions of national rivalry and hostility that are now bearing such bitter fruit. Possibly we may yet forsake these ideas, and in time come to stand with the small number of nations that believe international commerce to be not economic warfare but actual international cooperation.1 (Henry Raymond Mussey) The American economist Henry R. Mussey, writing in 1914, expressed a fear that was not restricted to the United States. Many worried that the First World War might so damage the global economy that it would be difficult to kick-start it again. Indeed, as the fighting dragged on, the warring parties no longer aimed simply at military victory, but increasingly attempted to weaken the opponent’s national economy. Using well-directed blockade politics, the Allies attempted to shut down the Central Powers’ foreign trade. Germany retaliated with a ruthless submarine war that began in February 1915. The resulting obstruction of transport routes and shortage of shipping space seriously impeded the regular provision of raw materials throughout the war.

Adversary · China · Collateral damage · CONTEST · Economic shortage · Economics · Economy · Government (linguistics) · International trade · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Protectionism · Rivalry · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Trade war · Victory · World War II · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Law · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact

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