The 'Conspiracy' of Free Trade

ISBN-13: 9781107521339 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 333 str.

Marc-William Palen

Opis

This book explores the controversial Anglo-American struggle over empire and economic globalization in the mid- to late-nineteenth century.

Recenzje

'Palen's study is serious, deeply researched and convincing. … This book will undoubtedly compel these scholars to re-examine such debates and reflect on how they might alter their own approaches to the study of the American Empire.' Andrew Priest, The English Historical Review

Spis treści

1. Globalizing ideologies: economic nationalism and free-trade cosmopolitanism, c.1846–60; 2. 'The most successful lie in history': the Morrill Tariff and the Confederacy's free-trade diplomacy; 3. Mobilizing free trade: the postbellum free-trade movement, foreign policy, and 'conspiracy', 1866–71; 4. Fighting over free trade: party realignment and the imperialism of economic nationalism, 1872–84; 5. The great debate: the first Cleveland presidency, free-trade culture, and the anti-imperialism of free trade, 1885–9; 6. The cosmopolitan demand for North American commercial union, 1885–9; 7. 'A sea of fire': the McKinley Tariff and the imperialism of economic nationalism, 1889–93; 8. Free trade in retreat: the global impact of the McKinley Tariff upon the British Empire, 1890–4; 9. Republican rapprochement: Cleveland's free traders, Anglo-American relations, and the 1896 presidential elections; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index.