Protectionist Empire: Trade, Tariffs, and United States Foreign Policy, 1890–1914

@article{Fordham2017ProtectionistET,
  title={Protectionist Empire: Trade, Tariffs, and United States Foreign Policy, 1890–1914},
  author={Benjamin O. Fordham},
  journal={Studies in American Political Development},
  year={2017},
  volume={31},
  pages={170 - 192},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:148917255}
}
Between 1890 and 1914, the United States acquired overseas colonies, built a battleship fleet, and intervened increasingly often in Latin America and East Asia. This activism is often seen as the… 
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