| 書目名稱 | Reflecting Imperial Overstretch and New Realities | | 副標題 | The British Trade Co | | 編輯 | Brian O‘Sullivan | | 視頻video | http://file.papertrans.cn/825/824687/824687.mp4 | | 概述 | Presents the first comprehensive history of the British Trade Corporation.Illuminates the contexts shaping British finance after World War One.Uncovers new perspectives on British foreign policy after | | 叢書名稱 | Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance | | 圖書封面 |  | | 描述 | .This book is the first comprehensive history of the British Trade Corporation, which was constituted under a Royal Charter?on 21st April 1917. Its charter was meant to last for sixty years, but in 1926, after a turbulent existence of only nine years, it was amalgamated with the Anglo-Austrian Bank, and absorbed into the Anglo-International Bank.?..The corporation?together with its two main subsidiaries, the Levant Company and the National Bank of Turkey, conducted business not only in Britain but in Russia, Turkey, the Middle East and in Continental Europe. Although the corporation was not an agent of empire, it reflected Britain’s imperialistic ambitions after the First World War. As a result, it invested in some of the most unstable regions of the world. It was also severely affected by British foreign policy, which was often misjudged and, at times, duplicitous, resulting in serious damage to British trade. Within five years of its launch, the British Trade Corporation needed to be refinanced. The economic downturn in the early 1920s and ongoing hostilities in Eastern Europe and the Near East meant that it struggled to survive. Its difficulties reflected many of those faced by | | 出版日期 | Book 2024 | | 關(guān)鍵詞 | British Trade Corporation; British Empire; Imperial overstretch; Decline of the British Empire; World Wa | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-58303-2 | | isbn_softcover | 978-3-031-58305-6 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-031-58303-2Series ISSN 2662-5164 Series E-ISSN 2662-5172 | | issn_series | 2662-5164 | | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |
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