Trading Freedom – How Trade with China Defined Early America - Dael A. Norwood

Explores the surprisingly rich early history of US-China trade and its unexpected impact on the developing republic.  The economic and geographic development of the early United States is usually thought of in trans-Atlantic terms, defined by entanglements with Europe and Africa. In Trading Freedom, Dael A. Norwood recasts these common conceptions by looking to Asia, making clear that from its earliest days, the United States has been closely intertwined with China—monetarily, politically, and... Zobrazit více