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Autore |
Aaronson Susan A. |
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Trade and the American dream : a social history of postwar trade policy / / Susan Ariel Aaronson ; forewords by William V. Roth, Jr., and Robert T. Matsui |
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Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1996 |
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©1996 |
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0-8131-0874-8 |
0-8131-4919-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (281 pages) |
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Soggetti |
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International economic relations |
United States Commercial policy History 20th century |
United States Economic conditions 1945- |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of IIIustrations; List of Tables and Figures; Forewords; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Roots of Multilateral Trade Policy; 2. Linking Jobs to Trade Policy, 1939-1942; 3. Gaining Congressional Approval for Multilateral Trade Liberalization, 1943-1945; 4. The Planners and the Public, 1943-1946; 5. Public Response to the ITO, 1946-1947; 6. The ITO, the GATT, and U.S. Trade Policy, 1947-1948; 7. Congressional Challenges and Public Apathy toward Trade, 1948-1949; 8. Dead on Arrival: The Fate of the ITO, 1948-1951 |
9. The Rise and Erosion of the Freer Trade Consensus and the Debate over NAFTA, 1949-199410. Present at the Creation of the WTO, 1986-1994; Conclusion: Democracy and Economic Interdependence; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Every hour of every day Americans see, smell, taste, or hear goods and services traded between the United States and other nations. Trade issues are front-page news but most Americans know little about the potential impact of global economic interdependence on their jobs, |
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standard of living, and quality of life.In Trade and the American Dream, Susan Aaronson highlights a previously ignored dimension of the United States trade policy: public understanding. Focusing on the debate over the three mechanisms designed to govern world trade -- the International Trade Organization (ITO), the General |
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