The international tin cartel

1. Introduction -- 2. Tin : the foundations of an industry -- 3. Tin and industrial capitalism, 1815-1918 -- 4. The problem with tin, 1919-1929 -- 5. The depression : initial responses, 1928-1930 -- 6. The formation of the International Tin Committee, 1927-1931 -- 7. Constructing the machinery of control -- 8. Rescuing the tin industry, 1931-1933 -- 9. Renewing the second agreement, 1933-1934 -- 10. Stabilizing the tin market, 1934-1936 -- 11. Renewing the third agreement, 1935-1936 -- 12. Riding the commodity roller-coaster, 1937-1939 -- 13. Development under restriction : the producers -- 14. Tin consumption and research -- 15. The International Tin Committee and World War II, 1939-1942 -- 16. The International Tin Committee and its critics -- 17. The demise of the International Tin Committee, 1945-1946 -- 18. From the International Tin Committee to the International Tin Council, 1946-1985.