The diplomacy of involvement [[electronic resource] ] : American economic expansion across the Pacific, 1784-1900 / / David M. Pletcher
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Pletcher David M
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| Titolo: |
The diplomacy of involvement [[electronic resource] ] : American economic expansion across the Pacific, 1784-1900 / / David M. Pletcher
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| Pubblicazione: | Columbia, Mo., : University of Missouri Press, c2001 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (393 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 337.7309 |
| Soggetto geografico: | 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 | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-368) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Chinese Magnet and the Pacific Distancesb 1784-1844 -- 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 -- The East Asian Cockpit of the 1890s -- Contradictions in the Pacific -- The Catalyst to War -- Unfinished Business and New Directions -- Conclusion The Diplomacy of Involvement -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The diplomacy of involvement |
| ISBN: | 0-8262-6353-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910816793103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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