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Defining and Defending the Open Door Policy - Theodore Roosevelt and China, 1901-1909 (Hardcover)
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Defining and Defending the Open Door Policy - Theodore Roosevelt and China, 1901-1909 (Hardcover)
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There has been little examination of the China policy of the
Theodore Roosevelt administration. Works dealing with the topic
fall either into brief discussions in biographies of Roosevelt,
general surveys of Sino-American relations, or studies of special
topics, such as the Chinese exclusion issue, which encompass a
portion of the Roosevelt years. Moreover, the subject has been
overshadowed somewhat by studies of problems between Japan and the
United States in this era. The goal of this study is to offer a
more complete examination of the American relationship with China
during Roosevelt's presidency. The focus will be on the discussion
of major issues and concerns in the relationship of the two nations
from the time Roosevelt took office until he left, something that
this book does for the first time. Greater emphasis needs to be
placed on creating a more complete picture of Teddy Roosevelt and
China relations, especially in regard to his and his advisers'
perceptual framework of that region and its impact upon the making
of China policy. The goal of this study is to begin that process.
Special attention is paid to the question of how Roosevelt and the
members of his administration viewed China, as it is believed that
their viewpoints, which were prejudicial, were very instrumental in
how they chose to deal with China and the question of the Open
Door. The emphasis on the role of stereotyping gives the book a
particularly unique point of view. Readers will be made aware of
the difficulties of making foreign policy under challenging
conditions, but also of how the attitudes and perceptions of
policymakers can shape the direction that those policies can take.
A critical argument of the book is that a stereotyped perception of
China and its people inhibited American policy responses toward the
Chinese state in Roosevelt's Administration. While Roosevelt's
attitudes regarding white supremacy have been discussed elsewhere,
a fuller consideration of how his views affected the making of
foreign policy, particularly China policy, is needed, especially
now that Sino-American relations today are of great concern.
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