Protection to Native Industry (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Edward Robert Sullivan

9780483091931: Protection to Native Industry (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0483091936 ISBN 13: 9780483091931

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Protecting native industry is examined with clear, practical questions about trade policy and its real-world impact.

In this nonfiction work, the author surveys how nations build and defend their industries, arguing that a nation should keep work for its own people and manufacture at home. It offers a critical look at free trade ideas and the political debate around tariffs, reciprocity, and industry policy.

This edition surveys the rise of global trade, the promises and limits of free trade, and the consequences for workers, manufacturers, and consumers. It weighs equal claims of national prosperity against the practical needs of a country’s industries and labor force, using case studies and contemporary arguments from the period.

Explore why some thinkers favor protecting local jobs over unrestricted imports.
Learn how trade policy is connected to wages, factory life, and the consumer market.
Understand debates around treaties, reciprocity, and government intervention in industry.
See how historical examples shape modern questions about globalization and protection.

Ideal for readers of 19th‑century economics, political economy, and debates on how nations balance growth with workers’ livelihoods. It offers a grounded, accessible look at the arguments that shaped industrial policy in its era.

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