China Market
America's Quest for Informal Empire, 1893-1901
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 ce…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-929587-24-0
- EAN: 9780929587240
- Produktnummer: 1529094
- Verlag: Ivan R. Dee
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1990
- Seitenangabe: 244 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.4 cm 331 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 331
Über den Autor
Tom McCormick (MAR, Westminster Theological Seminary; PhD, University of Texas) has served overseas with Wycliffe Bible Translators (Peru, Papua New Guinea, Cameroon, England) and Partners International (Bolivia, Peru, India). He lives near Toronto, teaches part-time at Tyndale Theological Seminary, and serves with SIM encouraging churches to help immigrants learn English. For more than 30 years he has ministered in nursing homes and continues to help others do the same. He has recently co-authored 'Nursing Home Ministry: Where Hidden Treasures are Found'. Sharon Fish Mooney (RN, PhD, University of Rochester) lives in Ohio and teaches nursing research and gerontology on-line for Regis University, Denver, Colorado, and Indiana Wesleyan University. She is a writer and conference speaker. She has taught Parish Nursing and courses on spirituality, ritual, and healing at McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Her publications include books and articles on spiritual care, Alzheimer's disease, ministry to the aged, and worldview issues.
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