Providing a comprehensive yet compact survey of the growth of American economic influence in Europe since the 1880s, this book summarizes the discussion by business historians, sociologists, and political scientists and makes it accessible to all types of readers who are interested in political...

This work is split up into four parts. These are 'Overviews', 'The Pacific as Linchpin of World Trade', 'Winners and Losers in the Global Silver Trade', and 'Birth of Globalization Debate: Ecological, Economic, Epidemiological, and Demographic Interactions'