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Power, Protection, and Free Trade : International Sources of U.S. Commercial Strategy, 1887-1939 /

Why do nations so frequently abandon unrestricted international commerce in favor of trade protectionism? David A. Lake contends that the dominant explanation, interest group theory, does not adequately explain American trade strategy or address the contradictory elements of cooperation and conflict...

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Autor principal: Lake, David A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
Colección:Cornell Studies in Political Economy
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • PART I. STRUCTURE AND STRATEGY
  • 1. A Theory of International Economic Structures
  • 2. Structure, the State , and Trade Strategy
  • PART II . AMERICAN TRADE STRATEGY
  • 3. Free Riding on Free Trade, 1887- 1897
  • 4. British Decline and American Opportunism, 1897-1912
  • 5. The Politics of Opportunistic Accommodation, 1912-1930
  • 6. Protection , Retaliation, and Response, 1930-1939
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Relative Labor Productivity : Definitional and operational Considerations
  • Index