02936nam 22005295 450 991027235020332120211104174431.01-5017-2304-910.7591/9781501723049(CKB)4340000000258206(MiAaPQ)EBC5317512(DE-B1597)496503(OCoLC)1028937837(DE-B1597)9781501723049(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/89102(EXLCZ)99434000000025820620180924d2018 fg engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierPower, Protection, and Free Trade International Sources of U.S. Commercial Strategy, 1887-1939 /David A. LakeCornell University Press2018Ithaca, NY :Cornell University Press,[2018]©19901 online resource (242 pages)Cornell Studies in Political EconomyIncludes index.1-5017-2305-7 9781501727993 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 --IndexWhy 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 that shape the international economy. Power, Protection, and Free Trade offers an alternative, systemic approach to trade strategy that builds on the interaction between domestic and international factors. In this innovative book, Lake maintains that both protection and free trade are legitimate and effective instruments of national policy, the considered responses of nations to varying international structures.Cornell studies in political economy.International economic relationsFree tradeUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesCommercial policyInternational economic relations.Free tradeHistory.382/.3/0973Lake David A.124169DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910272350203321Power, Protection, and Free Trade1887631UNINA