New York: Columbia University Press, 1984. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. xvi, 474 pages. Notes. Index. DJ has some wear and soiling, edge tears and small chips. Signed by previous owner [Max Holland!]. This is one of the Political Economy of International Change series. William H. Becker has written on business history, business-government relations, and the institutions of the international economy. His books include The Dynamics of Business Government Relations: Industry and Exports, 1893-1921 (1982); Economics and World Power: An Assessment of American Diplomacy Since 1789 (co-editor, 1984); Bankers with a Mission: The Presidents of the World Bank, 1946-91 (co-author, 1996); Voice of the Marketplace: A History of the National Petroleum Council (co-author, 2002); and The Market, the State, and the Export-Import Bank of the United States, 1934-2000 (co-author, 2003). He was also the general editor of The Encyclopedia of Business History and Biography (9 vols., 1986-1991). Professor Becker is currently writing Shaping Corporate America: Big Business and the Twentieth Century Experience. His media appearances have included National Public Radio and the International Herald Tribune Television. Samuel F. Wells Jr. is a Senior Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University in History and International Relations. At the Wilson Center he founded the International Security Studies Program in 1977 and directed that program until 1985. Since then he has served as Deputy Director of the Center while also serving as Director of West European Studies. More