Power, Protection, and Free Trade
International Sources of U.S. Commercial Strategy, 1887–1939

Author(s)
Lake, David A.
Language
EnglishAbstract
Why do nations so frequently abandon unrestricted international commerce in favor of trade protectionism? David A. Lake contends that the dominant explanation, interest group theory, does not adequately explain American trade strategy or address the contradictory elements of cooperation and conflict that shape the international economy.Power, Protection, and Free Trade offers an alternative, systemic approach to trade strategy that builds on the interaction between domestic and international factors. In this innovative book, Lake maintains that both protection and free trade are legitimate and effective instruments of national policy, the considered responses of nations to varying international structures.
Keywords
Political economy; History of the Americas; International economicsISBN
9781501723049, 9781501723056, 9781501727993, 9780801497537, 9780801421341Publisher
Cornell University PressPublisher website
cornellpress.cornell.eduPublication date and place
Ithaca, 1990Imprint
Cornell University PressSeries
Cornell Studies in Political Economy,Classification
Political economy
Political science & theory
History of the Americas