About the Author

David M. Pletcher is Professor Emeritus of History at Indiana University in Bloomington. He is the author of many books, including The Diplomacy of Trade and Investment: American Economic Expansion in the Hemisphere, 1865-1900 (University of Missouri Press).

Reviews

"An excellent work of historical scholarship. A good companion to his earlier work, The Diplomacy of Trade and Investment: American Economic Expansion in the Hemisphere, 1865- 1900. It is well-organized, clearly written, thoroughly researched, and subtly argued. As such, it will become the definitive work on the subject of American economic expansion into the Pacific in the nineteenth century."--William H. Becker