State and Business in the Major Powers - Millward, Robert (University of Manchester, UK)

This book provides, for the first time, an integrated economic history of state /business relations in the major powers in the period 1815-1939, and offers a completely new perspective on the links between tariff policies, state enterprise in manufacturing, the treatment of the peasantry, regulation of railways, taxation of the business sector, policies on cartels, trusts and competition.