The International Tin Cartel

ISBN-13: 9780415554121 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 496 str.

John Hillman

Opis

This book brings together two areas of inquiry, the history of tin and its role in producing countries and the history of cartelization as a solution to the inherent difficulties of primary commodity markets. The magnitude of the problem created by both the Depression and the onset of World War II provided the necessary political and economic incentives to seek a cooperative solution through cartelization. However, the terms of cooperation created their own forms of conflict which always placed its benefits in jeopardy and which had their ultimate origin in the differentiated pattern of development of the industry.

A comprehensive analysis of cartelization therefore requires attention to both the international level at which governments and producers cooperated and the domestic level at which the terms they established were subjected to severe criticism. This book will bring them together by addressing various issues, such as what inherent conflicts were emerging in the tin industry prior to cartelization, how did the ITC exercise its market power and on what basis did it do so, what points of conflict emerged from the agreements to establish the ITC and from its decisions, how did the industry continue to develop under cartelization and with what effect on the original pattern of conflicts, what were the terms in which these conflicts were expressed and with what effect and how were these conflicts ultimately resolved.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Tin: The Foundations of an Industry 3. Tin and Industrial Capitalism, 1815-1918 4. The Problem with Tin, 1919-1929 5. The Depression: Initial Responses, 1928-1930 6. The Formation of the International Tin Committee, 1927-1931 7. Constructing the Machinery of Control 8. Rescuing the Industry, 1931-1933 9. Renewing the Second Agreement, 1933-1934 10. Stabilizing the Tin Market, 1934-1936 11. Renewing the Third Agreement, 1935-1936 12. Riding the Commodity Roller-coaster, 1937-1939 13. Development under Restriction: The Producers 14. Tin Consumption and Research 15. The International Tin Committee and World War II, 1939-1942 16.The International Tin Committee and its Critics 17. The Demise of the International Tin Committee, 1945-1946 18. From the International Tin Committee to the International Tin Council, 1945-1985 19. Conclusion

O autorze

John Hillman taught Sociology and International Development Studies at Trent University, Ontario, from 1968 to 2004 where he is now Professor Emeritus.