Financial Missionaries to the World: The Politics and Culture of Dollar Diplomacy, 1900-1930

by Emily S. Rosenberg

Book Overview

Winner of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Robert H. Ferrell Book Prize

Financial Missionaries to the World establishes the broad scope and significance of "dollar diplomacy"-the use of international lending and advising-to early-twentieth-century U.S. foreign policy. Combining diplomatic, economic, and cultural history, the distinguished historian Emily S. Rosenberg shows how private bank loans were...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822332191
• ISBN13: 9780822332190
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"