Facing West : Americans and the opening of the Pacific / John Curtis Perry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perry, John Curtis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International economic relations.

Commerce.

History.

United States--Commerce--Pacific Area--History.

United States.

Pacific Area--Commerce--United States--History.

Pacific Area.

Merchant marine--United States--History.

Merchant marine.

United States--Foreign economic relations--Pacific Area.

Pacific Area--Foreign economic relations--United States.

Physical Description:

xxi, 367 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1994.

Summary:

From the early years of the republic, many Americans anticipated a Pacific Age in world affairs that the United States would inevitably dominate, not in a territorial sense so much as in a cultural and commercial one. Despite the reality that Asia was of little real economic importance in American life until recently, a powerful image persisted in the American mind of the promises of riches to be found across the Pacific. This book provides the history of that dream, from the time of Spanish galleons to the hypersonic airplane of the future.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [345]-360) and index.

ISBN:

0275949206

0275949656

OCLC:

30353358