TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pletcher,David M.
TI  - Diplomacy of Involvement: American Economic Expansion Across the Pacific, 1784-1900
SN  - 9780826263537
AV  - HF1456.5.P3.P56 2001 
U1  - 337.73090000000002 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Columbia
PB  - University of Missouri Press
KW  - United States -- Foreign economic relations -- Pacific Area
KW  - Pacific Area -- Foreign economic relations -- United States
KW  - United States -- Foreign relations -- Pacific Area
KW  - Pacific Area -- Foreign relations -- United States
KW  - United States -- Commercial policy -- History
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
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ER  -