Rhetoric and Results
A Pragmatic View of American Economic Expansionism, 1865?98
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16531107 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David M Pletcher (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 93-106 |
| Publication date | 1981-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Diplomatic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0145-2096 • E-ISSN: 1467-7709 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-7709.1981.tb00773.x |
| OpenAlex | W2001393453 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
One of the staple problems that historians face is the gap between words and deeds. Policies announced by presidents or congressional leaders are not necessarily the policies they carry out. Business, labor, or other interest groups proclaim a set of goals as vital for national welfare; months later their actions suggest that they find these goals highly unsuitable. We historians would not have it otherwise, for conflict and inconsistency are our bread and butter. As a case study of the gap between words and deeds, I should like to present to you a pragmatic view of the relationship between diplomacy and the expansion of American foreign trade and investments before 1898. Americans always have been known all over the world for their readiness to express themselves volubly and lengthily on almost every subject under the sun. It is not surprising, therefore, that American businessmen, journalists, and politicians celebrated the country's existing and potential foreign trade in rhetoric that grew louder and more extravagant as the American economy burgeoned between the Civil War and the end of the century
Diplomacy · Expansionism · Face (sociological concept · Foreign policy · New Deal · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Social science · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Subject (documents · Welfare · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1970 - 2019 (50) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |