A sweeping history of early American trade and the foundation of the American economy In a single, readily digestible, coherent narrative, historian Thomas M. T

A sweeping history of early American trade and the foundation of the American economy "We could have no better guide than Truxes explaining incisively how Ameri

Covers British trade with the republics of Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.

A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year: “Tells the history of American trade policy . . . [A] grand narrative [that] also debunks trade-policy myths.” —E