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The Price of Empire explores the crucial role American entrepreneurs played in establishing the United States as a Pacific power during the 1800s. Rather than focusing solely on political or military factors, the authors examine how merchants, traders, and businessmen drove imperial expansion through commercial networks and economic interests.
Evers and Grynaviski provide a nuanced analysis of how American capitalism and entrepreneurialism intersected with territorial acquisition and geopolitical strategy. The book traces the origins of America’s Pacific Empire through the eyes of the merchants and industrialists whose profit motives and business ventures fundamentally shaped foreign policy. By connecting economic history with imperial history, the authors offer fresh insights into why and how the United States became a major Pacific power.
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