4. Prosperity, 1924–1929

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables and Figures vii
4. Preface xiii
5. Acknowledgments xvii
6. Abbreviations xxi
7. 1. The First World War, 1914–1918 1
8. 2. America’s New Role, 1919–1923 66
9. 3. Survival, Expansion, and New Arrivals, 1919–1923 136
10. 4. Prosperity, 1924–1929 183
11. 5. The Foreign Multinationals, 1924–1929 217
12. 6. A Time of Anguish, October 1929–March 1933 298
13. 7. A World at Risk, 1933–1939 348
14. 8. War Abroad, 1939–1941 437
15. 9. World War II, 1941–1945 510
16. 10. American Hegemony 563
17. Appendixes
18. Appendix 1: Definitions 615
19. Appendix 2: Notes on the Statistics 619
20. Appendix 3: Detailed Sources for Tables 2.1, 8.3, and 10.1 628
21. Appendix 4: Principal U.S. Federal Legislation Affecting Foreign Investment in the United States, 1914–1945 634
22. Notes 637
23. Bibliography 891
24. Index 927