{"product_id":"trading-freedom-dael-a-norwood-9780226815589","title":"Trading Freedom: How Trade with China Defined Early America","description":"\u003cb\u003eExplores the surprisingly rich early history of US-China trade and its unexpected impact on the developing republic. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The economic and geographic development of the early United States is usually thought of in trans-Atlantic terms, defined by entanglements with Europe and Africa. In \u003ci\u003eTrading Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e, Dael A. Norwood recasts these common conceptions by looking to Asia, making clear that from its earliest days, the United States has been closely intertwined with China--monetarily, politically, and psychologically. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Norwood details US trade with China from the late eighteenth through the late nineteenth centuries--a critical period in America's self-definition as a capitalist nation--and shows how global commerce was central to the articulation of that national identity. \u003ci\u003eTrading Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates how debates over political economy and trade policy, the building of the transcontinental railroad, and the looming sectional struggle over slavery were all influenced by Sino-American relations. Deftly weaving together interdisciplinary threads from the worlds of commerce, foreign policy, and immigration, \u003ci\u003eTrading Freedom \u003c\/i\u003ethoroughly dismantles the idea that American engagement with China is anything new. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dael A. Norwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226815587\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226815589\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.70d","brand":"Dael A. Norwood","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43996490563839,"sku":"9780226815589","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_37091906-6341-43ce-ab10-bc3045fe578b.jpg?v=1683341986","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/trading-freedom-dael-a-norwood-9780226815589","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}