The Japanese challenge to the American neoliberal world order -- Alternative explanations -- Identity and intention framework -- Who and what is normal in the history of the world economy? : Marxism, economic liberalism, and developmentalism -- Binarization of economic development identities :...

Free trade has become a highly politicized term, but its origins, historical context, and application to policy decisions have been largely overlooked. This book examines the relationship between liberal political economy and the changing conception of empire in the eighteenth century,...