America's stake in international investments, by Cleona Lewis, assisted by Karl T. Schlotterbeck.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The Institute of economics of the Brookings Institution. Publication ; no. 75Publication details: Washington, D.C., The Brookings Institution, 1938.Description: xvi p., 1 ℓ., 710 p. incl. tables, diagrs. 21 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • HG4538 .L4
Contents:
Part I. America's foreign liabilities: -- A young nation borrowing abroad (1775-1845) -- Borrowing for railway expansion (1846-1914) -- Governmental issues sold abroad (1846-1914) --Foreign funds in American industry (1846-1914) -- Foreign-controlled enterprises in the United States -- War-time liquidation -- Foreign liabilities of post-war America -- A century and a half of "borrowing" abroad --
Part II. America's foreign investments: -- Trade and banking ventures abroad -- The search for gold and silver -- Foreign oil and copper -- Other industrial minerals -- Agricultural enterprises -- American factories abroad -- Public utility and other investments -- Pre-war purchases of foreign securities -- War and reconstruction loans (1915-24) -- Lending in prosperity and depression (1925-35) -- Foreign loans in default -- Four decades of investing abroad --
Part III. America's creditor-debtor experience: -- Evolution of America's creditor-debtor position -- Developments in other countries -- Issues for the future --
Appendixes: -- The Revolutionary War debts -- Estimates of foreign investments in the United States -- The "direct" investments of foreigners -- Estimates of America's direct investments abroad -- Statistical tables -- List of foreign dollar bonds.
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Part I. America's foreign liabilities: -- A young nation borrowing abroad (1775-1845) -- Borrowing for railway expansion (1846-1914) -- Governmental issues sold abroad (1846-1914) --Foreign funds in American industry (1846-1914) -- Foreign-controlled enterprises in the United States -- War-time liquidation -- Foreign liabilities of post-war America -- A century and a half of "borrowing" abroad --

Part II. America's foreign investments: -- Trade and banking ventures abroad -- The search for gold and silver -- Foreign oil and copper -- Other industrial minerals -- Agricultural enterprises -- American factories abroad -- Public utility and other investments -- Pre-war purchases of foreign securities -- War and reconstruction loans (1915-24) -- Lending in prosperity and depression (1925-35) -- Foreign loans in default -- Four decades of investing abroad --

Part III. America's creditor-debtor experience: -- Evolution of America's creditor-debtor position -- Developments in other countries -- Issues for the future --

Appendixes: -- The Revolutionary War debts -- Estimates of foreign investments in the United States -- The "direct" investments of foreigners -- Estimates of America's direct investments abroad -- Statistical tables -- List of foreign dollar bonds.