Imperialism and Idealism: American Diplomats in China, 1861-1898

by David L. Anderson

Book Overview

Combining 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253329183
• ISBN13: 9780253329189
• Release Date: February 1986
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher