During the progressive era, most American policymakers agreed that China represented a land of unlimited opportunity for trade, investment and social reform. Serious divisions existed, however, over policy tactics. One side (mainly manufacturers and academics) advocated a unilateral policy of penetration allied only with Chinese modernizers. The other (primarily financiers and reformists), called for an alliance with other powers, especially Japan, in their dealings with China. In Progressivism and the Open Door, Jerry Israel examines the many factors that led to formal U.S. policy toward China during this era-one that ultimately found a middle ground between the two divisions.
- ISBN10 082298427X
- ISBN13 9780822984276
- Publish Date 15 January 1971
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 November 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Pittsburgh Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 246
- Language English