Format:
1 online resource (675 pages)
ISBN:
9780809333967
Content:
At first glance, St. Louis, Missouri, or any American city, for that matter, seems to have little to do with foreign relations, a field ostensibly conducted on a nation-state level. However, St. Louis, despite its status as an inland river city frequently relegated to the backwaters of national significance, has stood at the crossroads of international matters for much of its history. From its eighteenth-century French fur trade origins to post-Cold War business dealings with Latin America and Asia, the city has never neglected nor been ignored by the world outside its borders. In this pioneering study, Henry W. Berger analyzes St. Louis's imperial engagement from its founding in 1764 to the present day, revealing the intersection of local political, cultural, and economic interests in foreign affairs. Berger uses a biographical approach to explore the individuals and institutions that played a leading role in St. Louis's expansionist reach. He shows how St. Louis business leaders, entrepreneurs, politicians, and investors-often driven by personal and ideological motives, as well as the potential betterment of the city and its people-looked to the west, southwest, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Pacific to form economic or political partnerships. Among the people and companies Berger profiles are Thomas Hart Benton, who envisioned a western democratic capitalist empire hosted by St. Louis; cotton exporters James Paramore and William Senter, who were involved in empire building in the southwest and Mexico; St. Louis oil tycoon and railroad investor Henry Clay Pierce, who became deeply involved in political intrigue and intervention in Mexican affairs; entrepreneur and politician David R. Francis, who promoted personal and St. Louis interests in Russia; and McDonnell-Douglas and its founder, James S. McDonnell Jr., who were part of the
Content:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: St. Louis and Foreign Relations History -- 1. Gateway to Empires, 1764-1860 -- 2. A City in Crisis and a City Transformed, 1857-1883 -- 3. El Comercio del Valle, 1875-1893 -- 4. New Empires, 1893-1912 -- 5. Oil, Railroads, and Revolution, 1869-1917 -- 6. The Great War and a New World, 1914-1921 -- 7. Chasing the China Market, 1915-1929 -- 8. Depression, War, and Global Frontiers, 1929-1945 -- 9. Cold War St. Louis, 1945-1990 -- 10. Reinventing St. Louis in the New Age of Globalism, 1946-2014 -- Epilogue: St. Louis in the World -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author -- Back Cover.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780809333950
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780809333950
Language:
English
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