Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1977

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Dow, Tsung-I

Abstract

Until the turn of the twentieth century American policy in China followed the lead of Great Britain. Independence, as stated in the Open Door Notes, was essentially a restatement of the most-favored-nation policy in American, rather than British, terms. Earlier studies have stressed the role of presidents, secretaries of state, intellectuals, missionaries, and business interests in the formulation of policy. This thesis is an effort to shift the focus to the role of the bureaucracy in development of such policies with particular emphasis in this instance upon Charles Denby, who was Minister to China, 1885-1898. It concludes that, while others rotated in office or had to focus their attention on other problems, such men on the scene as Denby were able to learn the standard operating procedures and manipulate events to suit their plans, often independent of the desires of other American business, religious, and governmental leaders.

Extent

134 p.

Comments

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1977.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Identifier

FADT13855

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