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The History of Foreign Investment in the United States to 1914
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The History of Foreign Investment in the United States to 1914 Hardcover - 1989

by Mira Wilkins


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From the colonial era to 1914, America was a debtor nation in international accounts--owing more to foreigners than foreigners owed to us. By 1914 it was the world's largest debtor nation. Mira Wilkins provides the first complete history of foreign investment in the United States during that period. The book shows why the United States was attractive to foreign investors and traces the changing role of foreign capital in the nation's development, covering both portfolio and direct investment. The immense new wave of foreign investment in the United States today, and our return to the status of a debtor nation--once again the world's largest debtor nation--makes this strong exposition far more than just historically interesting. Wilkins reviews foreign portfolio investments in government securities (federal, state, and local) and in corporate stocks and bonds, as well as foreign direct investments in land and real estate, manufacturing plants, and even such service-sector activities as accounting, insurance, banking, and mortgage lending. She finds that between 1776 and 1875, public-sector securities (principally federal and state securities) drew in the most long-term foreign investment, whereas from 1875 to 1914 the private sector was the main attraction. The construction of the American railroad system called on vast portfolio investments from abroad; there was also sizable direct investment in mining, cattle ranching, the oil industry, the chemical industry, flour production, and breweries, as well as the production of rayon, thread, and even submarines. In addition, there were foreign stakes in making automobile and electrical and nonelectrical machinery. America became the leading industrial country of the world at the very time when it was a debtor nation in world accounts.

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'This is the best comprehensive survey of early American direct investment abroad that has yet appeared...The author aims to give the reader a sense of when, why, how, and where early American business went into direct foreign investment.' - Library Journal

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  • Title The History of Foreign Investment in the United States to 1914
  • Author Mira Wilkins
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 992
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA
  • Date 05/30/1989
  • ISBN 9780674396661 / 0674396669
  • Weight 3.4 lbs (1.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.54 x 6.53 x 2.08 in (24.23 x 16.59 x 5.28 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects Investments, Foreign
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 88-19129
  • Dewey Decimal Code 332.673
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