China Market: America's Quest for Informal Empire, 1893-1901 / Edition 1

by Thomas J. McCormich

Overview

Of all the world’s mercantile lures, none was more persistent or more mesmeric for Americans than the fabled Far Eastern markets. In the 1890s, United States commercial expansion into the Pacific catapulted the nation to the status of a great power. In describing and analyzing American ambitions in China which led to the Open Door negotiations, Mr. McCormick argues that American leaders rationally and pragmatically sought the China market in order to absorb American “overproduction” and achieve domestic stability. The dilemmas that emerged from the nature of American aims and policies were to plague the United States throughout the twentieth century. "A most important volume."—American Historical Review. "Impressive…a significant contribution to ultimate understanding of an important and complex series of events."—Ernest R. May, Political Science Quarterly.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780929587240
Publisher:	Dee, Ivan R. Publisher
Publication date:	07/01/1990
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	5.58(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.73(d)

About the Author

Thomas J. McCormick is Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin. He is the author of America’s Half-Century and has written extensively on American foreign relations.

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"Vigorous, clear-cut, and fully documented...the author consciously tries to avoid a narrow 'pocketbook determinism.'"

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"A book which should be read by all."

American Historical Review

"A most important volume."

Ernest R. May

"Impressive...a significant contribution to the ultimate understanding of an important and complex series of events."
—Political Science Quarterly

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A book which should be read by all.

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A most important volume.

American Historical Review

Impressive...a significant contribution to the ultimate understanding of an important and complex series of events.

Political Science Quarterly - Earnest R. May

Vigorous, clear-cut, and fully documented...the author consciously tries to avoid a narrow 'pocketbook determinism.'

Journal of American History

A book which should be read by all.

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Vigorous, clear-cut, and fully documented...the author consciously tries to avoid a narrow 'pocketbook determinism.'

Journal Of American History

Impressive...a significant contribution to the ultimate understanding of an important and complex series of events.
— Earnest R. May

Political Science Quarterly

A book which should be read by all.

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