The first history of the involvement of American business in direct foreign investment explores a number of pertinent questions: What was the genesis of U.S. business interests in overseas markets? What perspectives guided the financial and social policies of the pioneering companies? In what...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. The First World War, 1914–1918 -- 2. America’s New Role, 1919–1923 -- 3. Survival, Expansion, and New Arrivals, 1919–1923 -- 4. Prosperity, 1924–1929 -- 5. The Foreign Multinationals,...