The diplomacy of involvement : American economic expansion across the Pacific, 1784-1900 /

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Annotation Like its predecessor, this important new work is focused on the connection between trade and investment on the one hand and U.S. foreign policy on the other. David Pletcher describes the trade of the United States with the Far East, the islands of the Pacific, and the northwest coast of N...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pletcher, David M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, ©2001.
Temas:
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > Economics.
Commercial policy.
International economic relations.
Diplomatic relations.
Wirtschaftsbeziehungen
Außenpolitik
Economische betrekkingen.
Buitenlandse betrekkingen.
United States > Foreign economic relations > Pacific Area.
Pacific Area > Foreign economic relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Pacific Area.
Pacific Area > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Commercial policy > History.
Pacifique, Région du > Relations économiques extérieures > États-Unis.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > Pacifique, Région du.
Pacifique, Région du > Relations extérieures > États-Unis.
Pacific Area.
United States.
Pazifischer Raum
USA.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • I: THE PACIFIC AND THE FAR EAST AS FIELDS FOR EXPANSION, 1784-1890: The Chinese magnet and the Pacific distances
  • Alaska: commercial gateway or dead end?
  • Hawaii: sugar and strategy?
  • The Southwest Pacific: illusion overcomes reality
  • China I: four hundred million customers
  • China II: the promoter's dream, the racist's nightmare
  • Japan: the sincerest flattery
  • Korea: the beginning of political involvement
  • II: ECONOMIC EXPANSION BECOMES POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT, 1890-1900: The East Asia cockpit of the 1890s
  • Contradictions in the Pacific
  • The catalyst of war
  • Unfinish business and new directions
  • Conclusion: The diplomacy of involvement.

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