Facing the World : Defense Spending and International Trade in the Pacific Northwest Since World War II /

"Before the Second World War, the states of Washington and Oregon were thinly populated economic backwaters of the United States. Even the major cities of Portland and Seattle were dependent on agricultural industries, especially timber, for their economic health. That all changed during World...

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Autor principal: Foss, Christopher P. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, 2020.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
United States. > Department of Defense.
United States. > Department of Defense > Appropriations and expenditures.
Politics and government.
National security.
Expenditures, Public.
Economic development.
Defense industries.
Commerce.
Defense industries > Northwest, Pacific > History.
National security > Northwest, Pacific > History.
Economic development > Northwest, Pacific > History.
Pacific Northwest.
Northwest, Pacific > Politics and government.
Northwest, Pacific > Commerce > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Globalizing the Pacific Northwest through national defense
  • Washington: the national security state within a state
  • The evolving politics of defense and national security in Oregon
  • Mark Hatfield and the new national security
  • Part II: Globalizing the Pacific Northwest through trade
  • The opportunities and perils of postwar international trade
  • Nintendo power: the growth of foreign direct investment and international trade in the Pacific Northwest since
  • "We were way out in front": Vic Atiyeh and the growth of international trade in Oregon.

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