The 'Conspiracy' of Free Trade : The Anglo-American Struggle over Empire and Economic Globalisation, 1846–1896 (Paperback)

1. Globalizing ideologies: economic nationalism and free-trade cosmopolitanism, c.1846?60; 2. 'The most successful lie in history': the Morrill Tariff and the Confederacy's free-trade diplomacy; 3. Mobilizing free trade: the postbellum free-trade movement, foreign policy, and 'conspiracy', 1866?71; 4. Fighting over free trade: party realignment and the imperialism of economic nationalism, 1872?84; 5. The great debate: the first Cleveland presidency, free-trade culture, and the anti-imperialism of free trade, 1885?9; 6. The cosmopolitan demand for North American commercial union, 1885?9; 7. 'A sea of fire': the McKinley Tariff and the imperialism of economic nationalism, 1889?93; 8. Free trade in retreat: the global impact of the McKinley Tariff upon the British Empire, 1890?4; 9. Republican rapprochement: Cleveland's free traders, Anglo-American relations, and the 1896 presidential elections; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index.