{"product_id":"9780826213150","title":"The Diplomacy of Involvement: American Economic Expansion across the Pacific, 1784-1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eLike its predecessor, this important new work is focused on the connection between trade and investment on the one hand and U.S. foreign policy on the other. David Pletcher describes the trade of the United States with the Far East, the islands of the Pacific, and the northwest coast of North America from 1784 (the year of the first American trading expedition to China) to 1844 (the year of the first trade treaty with China, followed immediately by the U.S. acquisition of Oregon and California). He then traces the growth of trade and investment in Alaska, Hawaii, and the South Pacific from 1844 to 1890 and proceeds to do the same for China, Japan, and Korea. In the ensuing chapters, Pletcher covers the 1890s, including the annexation of Hawaii, the Sino-Japanese War, the acquisition of the Philippines, and the Open Door policy in China.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe concludes that the American expansion across the Pacific and into the Far East was not a deliberate, consistent drive for economic hegemony but a halting, experimental, improvised movement, carried out against determined opposition and indifference and dotted with setbacks and failures. Providing his own judgments about the wisdom and effectiveness of America's new endeavors, Pletcher summarizes the problems and handicaps involved, demonstrating that errors of the twentieth century were at least partly the result of poor preparation in the 1880s and 1890s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTouching on every place where Americans undertook significant economic activity, \u003ci\u003eThe Diplomacy of Involvement\u003c\/i\u003e will be an important aid for seasoned scholars, as well as an excellent introduction for the novice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Missouri Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031706386672,"sku":"9780826213150","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780826213150_p0.jpg?v=1763752914","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780826213150","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}