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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Tyler PriestPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.701kg ISBN: 9780275977078ISBN 10: 0275977072 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 30 December 2003 Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents"Introduction The ""Starch in the Steel"": Manganese Metallurgy and Commerce Far-Flung Sources: The Creation of a World Market, 1880-1914 ""More Than a Pawn in the Game of War"": Global Instabilities, 1905-1919 Filling Big Orders: The Diversification of Supply, 1919-1930 Internationalism vs. Self-Sufficiency: The Making of U.S. Mineral Policy, 1919-1939 Tempting the Brazilians: The Diplomacy of Minerals and Steel, 1930-1945 Extending the Quest: The Crisis of the New Order, 1945-1949 New Frontiers: Restructuring World Supply, 1948-1965 Epilogue and Conclusion Bibliography Tables Maps"Reviews""Dwight Eisenhower observed the United States might be better off if Fort Knox were filled with manganese rather than gold. Tyler Priest's pioneering work reveals why Eisenhower's remark explains crucial features of U.S. diplomacy and economic development during the twentieth-century--and Priest has done this by advancing a beautifully researched argument showing how leading U.S. corporations and Washington officials cooperated to shape American foreign relations towards India, Brazil, Africa, Russia, and other sources of this precious raw material.""-Walter LaFeber Tisch University Professor Cornell University ?In this well-researched study, the historian Tyler Priest gives us ""for the first time"" the story of manganese as a strategic global commodity and how its discovery, extraction, transport, and use relate to U.S. foreign relations and international political economy from the late nineteenth century through the twentieth.?-The Journal of American History ""In this well-researched study, the historian Tyler Priest gives us ""for the first time"" the story of manganese as a strategic global commodity and how its discovery, extraction, transport, and use relate to U.S. foreign relations and international political economy from the late nineteenth century through the twentieth.""-The Journal of American History Dwight Eisenhower observed the United States might be better off if Fort Knox were filled with manganese rather than gold. Tyler Priest's pioneering work reveals why Eisenhower's remark explains crucial features of U.S. diplomacy and economic development during the twentieth-century--and Priest has done this by advancing a beautifully researched argument showing how leading U.S. corporations and Washington officials cooperated to shape American foreign relations towards India, Brazil, Africa, Russia, and other sources of this precious raw material. -Walter LaFeber Tisch University Professor Cornell University Author InformationTYLER PRIEST is an independent scholar and partner in History International, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in corporate histories. He is the author of Offshore Pioneers: Brown & Root and the History of Offshore Oil and Gas. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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