American Diplomacy in the Orient

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American Diplomacy in the Orient.

Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston 1904, 2. opplag, 8vo, orig. helsjirtingbind, topp gullsnitt, xiv + 498 s., engelsk tekst, etikett fra Chas. E. Lauriat Co., Importers & Booksellers, 385 Wash’n St. Boston, på forsatsbladet.

«The great development of the industrial resources of the country, the necessity of larger markets in Asia, and the recently acquired territorial possessions in the Pacific Ocean, have given new interest and importance to the international relations of the United States with the Far East. Under these conditions, it seemed desirable to have in consecutive order a brief history of the diplomatic intercourse of this government with the Orient, […] — from the Preface