The United States in the Pacific: Private Interests and Public Policies, 1784-1899

by Donald D. Johnson and Gary Dean Best

This book traces the development of American private interests in the Pacific before the 1840s--trading, whaling, sealing, missionary work, etc.--and the gradual evolution of U.S. governmental interests in the region beginning with the 1840s. While governmental policies in the Pacific at first complemented the private interests in the region, public policy had by the late decades of the 19th century begun to develop in directions that had little relation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275950557
• ISBN13: 9780275950552
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"