• Preface, 1 INTRODUCTION: ECONOMICS AND THE DEPRESSION, 2 THE TRAGEDY OF THE INTERNATIONAL GOLD STANDARD, 3 THE DILEMMA OF WAR DEBTS AND REPARATIONS, 4 WORLD PRODUCTION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE, 5 THE ORIGIN OF THE DEPRESSION IN AMERICA, 6 THE TRANSMISSION OF THE CRISIS TO EUROPE, 7 TURKEY AND EGYPT: MODERNISING STATES AT THE EUROPEAN PERIPHERY, 8 AUSTRALIA’S REACTION: OVERPRODUCTION AND DEVALUATION, 9 COLONIAL CRISIS MANAGEMENT: THE INDIAN EXPERIENCE, 10 THE NEW ROLE OF THE STATE IN LATIN AMERICA, 11 CONTRASTS IN EAST ASIA: CHINA AND JAPAN, 12 REACTIONS TO THE DEPRESSION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, 13 THE FATE OF AFRICA, 14 THE POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE DEPRESSION: FASCISM IN EUROPE, POPULISM IN LATIN AMERICA AND FREEDOM MOVEMENTS IN THE COLONIES, 15 FROM DEPRESSION TO WAR: REARMAMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH, 16 THE AFTERMATH, Bibliographical notes, Index

'Excellent overview of events in modern world history.' - Professor Michael E. Rose, University of Manchester

• Preface, 1 INTRODUCTION: ECONOMICS AND THE DEPRESSION, 2 THE TRAGEDY OF THE INTERNATIONAL GOLD STANDARD, 3 THE DILEMMA OF WAR DEBTS AND REPARATIONS, 4 WORLD PRODUCTION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE, 5 THE ORIGIN OF THE DEPRESSION IN AMERICA, 6 THE TRANSMISSION OF THE CRISIS TO EUROPE, 7 TURKEY AND EGYPT: MODERNISING STATES AT THE EUROPEAN PERIPHERY, 8 AUSTRALIA’S REACTION: OVERPRODUCTION AND DEVALUATION, 9 COLONIAL CRISIS MANAGEMENT: THE INDIAN EXPERIENCE, 10 THE NEW ROLE OF THE STATE IN LATIN AMERICA, 11 CONTRASTS IN EAST ASIA: CHINA AND JAPAN, 12 REACTIONS TO THE DEPRESSION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, 13 THE FATE OF AFRICA, 14 THE POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE DEPRESSION: FASCISM IN EUROPE, POPULISM IN LATIN AMERICA AND FREEDOM MOVEMENTS IN THE COLONIES, 15 FROM DEPRESSION TO WAR: REARMAMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH, 16 THE AFTERMATH, Bibliographical notes, Index

'Excellent overview of events in modern world history.' - Professor Michael E. Rose, University of Manchester

• Preface, 1 INTRODUCTION: ECONOMICS AND THE DEPRESSION, 2 THE TRAGEDY OF THE INTERNATIONAL GOLD STANDARD, 3 THE DILEMMA OF WAR DEBTS AND REPARATIONS, 4 WORLD PRODUCTION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE, 5 THE ORIGIN OF THE DEPRESSION IN AMERICA, 6 THE TRANSMISSION OF THE CRISIS TO EUROPE, 7 TURKEY AND EGYPT: MODERNISING STATES AT THE EUROPEAN PERIPHERY, 8 AUSTRALIA’S REACTION: OVERPRODUCTION AND DEVALUATION, 9 COLONIAL CRISIS MANAGEMENT: THE INDIAN EXPERIENCE, 10 THE NEW ROLE OF THE STATE IN LATIN AMERICA, 11 CONTRASTS IN EAST ASIA: CHINA AND JAPAN, 12 REACTIONS TO THE DEPRESSION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, 13 THE FATE OF AFRICA, 14 THE POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE DEPRESSION: FASCISM IN EUROPE, POPULISM IN LATIN AMERICA AND FREEDOM MOVEMENTS IN THE COLONIES, 15 FROM DEPRESSION TO WAR: REARMAMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH, 16 THE AFTERMATH, Bibliographical notes, Index

'Excellent overview of events in modern world history.' - Professor Michael E. Rose, University of Manchester