American business & foreign policy : 1920-1933 / Joan Hoff Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Joan Hoff, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Commercial policy.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1923-1929.

United States--Foreign relations--1929-1933.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1971.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With increasing world economic interdependence and a new position as a creditor nation, the American business community became more actively and vocally concerned with foreign policy after World War I than ever before. This book details the response of American businessmen to such foreign policy issues as the tariff, disarmament, allied debts, loans, and the Manchurian crisis.Far from presenting a monolithic front, the business community fragmented into nationalist and internationalist camps, according to this study. Division over each issue varied with the size, type, and geographic region of

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter One, General Business Views & Foreign Policy Trends, 1920; Chapter Two, Disarmament & the Peace Movement, 1920-1933; Chapter Three, American Commercial Policy, 1920-1933; Chapter Four, Hoover & Foreign Loan Supervision, 1920-1933; Chapter Five, Allied War Debts & German Reparations, 1920-1933; Chapter Six, Manifestations of the Closed Door, 1920-1933; Chapter Seven, Manifestations of the Open Door, 1920-1933; Chapter Eight, A Glimpse of the Future: Manchuria, 1931-1933; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J

KL; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813186788

0813186781

9780813165073

0813165075

OCLC:

654473426