Imperialism and Idealism: American Diplomats in China, 1861-1898Combining biography with foreign-policy analysis, David L. Anderson provides a fresh interpretation of Sino-American relations in the nineteenth century. The book focuses on the eight Americans who occupied the chief U.S. diplomatic post in China from 1861 to 1898 and personally shaped American policy toward China in the forty years before Secretary of State John Hay's Open Door Notes. Their policies, as Anderson explains, were as varied as the eight individuals, and yet at the same time were characteristically American—expressing both idealistic altruism and imperialistic self-interest. Ultimately, John Hay merged the altruism and the self-interest in the Open Door Notes of 1899 and 1900, which influenced much of America's twentieth-century conduct in Asia. Anderson reemphasizes Hay's role in bridging the differences that have plagued U.S. policy in China. |
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... Burlingame and the Cooperative Policy in China 16 THREE " Determined Moral Pressure " : J. Ross Browne and Burlingame's Policy 38 FOUR Disillusionment and Frustration : Frederick F. Low and Benjamin P. Avery in China 62 FIVE The ...
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Contents
Anson Burlingame and | 16 |
J Ross Browne | 38 |
Frederick F | 62 |
Charles Denby versus the State | 144 |
The Dilemma Becomes the Policy in John | 171 |
United States Ministers to China | 193 |
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