The international trading system, globalization, and history / edited by Kevin O'Rourke.

The establishment of a multilateral international trading regime is one of the great achievements of post-1945 international diplomacy.

The focus of this collection is the history of the international trading system over the past two centuries. Volume I includes an overview of the subject area as well as sections considering the effects of war and peace, the late nineteenth-century backlash, and contemporary views of interwar disintegration. Volume II looks at the issues of hegemony, non-discrimination and reciprocity. It also covers customs unions, preferential trading agreements, trade wars and trade rivalry.

This comprehensive two-volume set will be an invaluable source of reference on the origins of globalization.

Volume I
Acknowledgements
Introduction Kevin H. O'Rourke
PART I OVERVIEWS
1. C.P. Kindleberger (1975), `The Rise of Free Trade in Western Europe, 1820-1875'
2. Alan Milward (1981), `Tariffs as Constitutions'
3. John H. Coatsworth and Jeffrey G. Williamson (2004), `The Roots of Latin American Protectionism: Looking before the Great Depression'
4. Charles P. Kindleberger (1989), `Commercial Policy between the Wars'
5. Douglas A. Irwin (1995), `The GATT's Contribution to Economic Recovery in Post-War Western Europe'
PART II WAR AND PEACE
6. Francois Crouzet (1964), `Wars, Blockade, and Economic Change in Europe, 1792-1815'
7. Paul W. Schroeder (1986), `The 19th-Century International System: Changes in the Structure'
8. Carl Strikwerda (1993), `The Troubled Origins of European Economic Integration: International Iron and Steel and Labor Migration in the Era of World War I'
9. Paul W. Schroeder (1993), `Economic Integration and the European International System in the Era of World War I'
10. Carl Strikwerda (1993), `Response to "Economic Integration and the European International System in the Era of World War I"'
11. Charles H. Feinstein, Peter Temin and Gianni Toniolo (1997), `The Legacy of the First World War'
PART III LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY BACKLASH
12. C.P. Kindleberger (1951), `Group Behavior and International Trade'
13. Kevin H. O'Rourke (1997), `The European Grain Invasion, 1870-1913'
14. Ashley S. Timmer and Jeffrey G. Williamson (1998), `Immigration Policy Prior to the 1930s: Labor Markets, Policy Interactions, and Globalization Backlash'
15. Jeffrey G. Williamson (1998), `Globalization, Labor Markets and Policy Backlash in the Past'
PART IV CONTEMPORARY VIEWS OF INTERWAR DISINTEGRATION
16. League of Nations (1942), `An Analysis of the Reasons for the Success or Failure of International Proposals'
17. Karl Polanyi (1944), `The Hundred Years' Peace' and `Conservative Twenties, Revolutionary Thirties'
Name Index

Volume II
Acknowledgements
An introduction by the editor to both volumes appears in Volume I
PART I HEGEMONY
1. Charles P. Kindleberger (1973), `An Explanation of the 1929 Depression'
2. Stephen D. Krasner (1976), `State Power and the Structure of International Trade'
3. Arthur A. Stein (1984), `The Hegemon's Dilemma: Great Britain, the United States, and the International Economic Order'
4. Timothy J. McKeown (1983), `Hegemonic Stability Theory and 19th Century Tariff Levels in Europe'
5. Patrick K. O'Brien and Geoffrey Allen Pigman (1992), `Free Trade, British Hegemony and the International Economic Order in the Nineteenth Century'
6. John Gallagher and Ronald Robinson (1953), `The Imperialism of Free Trade'
7. D.C.M. Platt (1968), `The Imperialism of Free Trade: Some Reservations'
PART II NON-DISCRIMINATION AND RECIPROCITY
8. Douglas A. Irwin (1993), `Multilateral and Bilateral Trade Policies in the World Trading System: An Historical Perspective'
9. David Lazer (1999), `The Free Trade Epidemic of the 1860s and Other Outbreaks of Economic Discrimination'
10. H. Van V. Fay (1927), `Commercial Policy in Post-War Europe: Reciprocity versus Most-Favored-Nation Treatment'
11. Jagdish N. Bhagwati and Douglas A. Irwin (1987), `The Return of Reciprocitarians - US Trade Policy Today'
PART III CUSTOMS UNIONS AND PREFERENTIAL TRADING AGREEMENTS
12. Jacob Viner (1950), `Political Aspects of Customs Union'
13. W.O. Henderson (1984), `Conclusion'
14. W.O. Henderson (1981), `The German Zollverein and the European Economic Community'
15. Rolf H. Dumke (1994), `The Political Economy of the Foundation of the Zollverein'
PART IV TRADE WARS AND TRADE RIVALRY
16. John Conybeare (1985), `Trade Wars: A Comparative Study of Anglo-Hanse, Franco-Italian, and Hawley-Smoot Conflicts'
17. Douglas A. Irwin (1991), `Mercantilism as Strategic Trade Policy: The Anglo-Dutch Rivalry for the East India Trade'
Name Index

Includes bibliographical references and index.