Trade and the American Dream: A Social History of Postwar Trade Policy

Author:   Susan Ariel Aaronson ,  William V. Roth ,  Robert T. Matsui
Publisher:   The University Press of Kentucky
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9780813108742


Pages:   264
Publication Date:   21 March 1996
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Susan Ariel Aaronson ,  William V. Roth ,  Robert T. Matsui
Publisher:   The University Press of Kentucky
Imprint:   The University Press of Kentucky
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.418kg
ISBN:  

9780813108742


ISBN 10:   0813108748
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   21 March 1996
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

The Roots of Multilateral Trade Policy Linking Jobs to Trade Policy, 1939-1942 Gaining Congressional Approval for Multilateral Trade Liberalization, 1943-1945 The Planners and the Public, 1943-1946 Public Response to the ITO, 1946-1947 The ITO, the G

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Essential reading for anyone who needs to know how trade policy is made. --American Historical Review -- </p>


An insightful and useful study of the public policy making process. --American Studies --


""""An insightful and useful study of the public policy making process."" --American Studies"" -- """"Essential reading for anyone who needs to know how trade policy is made."" --American Historical Review"" -- """"Looks at the history of the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade, the aborted International Trade Organization and the World Trade Organization. Aaronson acknowledges the importance of these international agreements and organizations, but she cautions that there is a tension between global economic interdependence and U.S. democracy."" --National Journal"" --


--Essential reading for anyone who needs to know how trade policy is made.- --American Historical Review- --


--Essential reading for anyone who needs to know how trade policy is made.- --American Historical Review- -- --Looks at the history of the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade, the aborted International Trade Organization and the World Trade Organization. Aaronson acknowledges the importance of these international agreements and organizations, but she cautions that there is a tension between global economic interdependence and U.S. democracy.- --National Journal- -- --An insightful and useful study of the public policy making process.- --American Studies- -- Essential reading for anyone who needs to know how trade policy is made. --American Historical Review -- Looks at the history of the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade, the aborted International Trade Organization and the World Trade Organization. Aaronson acknowledges the importance of these international agreements and organizations, but she cautions that there is a tension between global economic interdependence and U.S. democracy. --National Journal -- An insightful and useful study of the public policy making process. --American Studies -- An insightful and useful study of the public policy making process. --American Studies -- Looks at the history of the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade, the aborted International Trade Organization and the World Trade Organization. Aaronson acknowledges the importance of these international agreements and organizations, but she cautions that there is a tension between global economic interdependence and U.S. democracy. --National Journal -- Essential reading for anyone who needs to know how trade policy is made. --American Historical Review --


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Susan Ariel Aaronson is assistant professor of history at the University of North Texas and guest scholar of economics at the Brookings Institution, where she researched and wrote much of Trade and the American Dream. Her research on public understanding of global trade policy has been featured in Time, The Wall Street Journal, and on C-SPAN and National Public Radio.

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