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1. International Economic Relations since 1945

   By Catherine R. Schenk

   Series: The Making of the Contemporary World

   The international economy since 1945 has endured dramatic changes in its balance of power, from the early period of prosperity for industrialised nations, to the 2008/9 global crisis. In this volume Catherine Schenk outlines these huge changes, examines how the world’s economic leaders have tried...

   Published February 23rd 2011 by Routledge
2. Hong Kong as an International Financial Centre

   Emergence and Development, 1945-1965

   By Dr Catherine Schenk

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

   Based on previously unpublished archival records, this book studies the origins of Hong Kong's post war rise to global prominence. It explores the expansion of the gold market, stock market, banking system, foreign exchange market, and insurance in the years 1945-1965. This book makes a significant...

   Published March 14th 2001 by Routledge
3. Britain and the Sterling Area

   From Devaluation to Convertibility in the 1950s

   By Dr Catherine Schenk

   To complement current work on the British domestic economy in the post-war period it is necessary to examine external economic policy. Whilst considerable work has been done on Britain's relations with Europe and with America, the complexities of the sterling area have remained obscure. This volume...

   Published June 29th 1994 by Routledge