The Master Architects : Building the United States Foreign Service 1890-1913 /

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During the twenty years before World War I, several key figures worked to improve the foreign service and to reform its appointment system. Richard Hume Werking explores both the methods and the motives of these ""master architects."" Unlike other scholars, Werking finds that the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Werking, Richard Hume
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 1977.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Diplomatic and consular service, American.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Affairs & Administration.
Service diplomatique et consulaire americain > Histoire.
Diplomatic and consular service, American > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The United States Foreign Service; 2 Reform in the 1890's; 3 The Bureaucrat and the Businessman; 4 Frederic Emory's Commercial Offices; 5 Wilbur Carr, Elihu Root, and Consular Reorganization; 6 Diplomatic and Departmental Reforms, 1905-1908; 7 Continuation under Knox; 8 A Rival: The Department of Commerce and Labor; 9 Showdown; 10 A Multifaceted Salesmanship; 11 Epilogue: 1913 and After; Appendix A: Roster of Selected State Department Officials; Appendix B: Abbreviations and Record Groups; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index;

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