Offers a view on how America began to intervene in world affairs. By proposing an economic remedy to a political problem, this book anticipates policies embodied in the Marshall Plan, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank.

By proposing an economic remedy to a political problem, this book anticipates policies embodied in the Marshall Plan, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank.

Introduction Economic Interests and U.S. Expansion, 1892--1907 Chapter One The Gilded Age Goes Abroad:
The San Domingo Improvement Company and the Political Economy of the 1890s Chapter Two Remapping the Caribbean: U.S. Caribbean Interests and the Mission of the SDIC Chapter Three Peasants in the World Economy: The Dominican Republic in the late 1800s Chapter Four Dictating Development: Ulises Heureaux and the SDIC Remake the Dominican Republic Chapter Five The Cash Nexus: Economic Crisis and the Collapse Chapter Six Old Wine in New Skins: The U.S. Government Champions the SDIC, 1899--1904 Chapter Seven A Reign of Law Among Nations: John Bassett Moore and the Vindication of the SDIC, 1904 Chapter Eight A World Safe for Capitalism: Stabilizing the Dominican Republic, 1901--1905 Chapter Nine From The Gilded Age to Dollar Diplomacy: The SDIC and the Roosevelt Corollary, 1904--1907 Conclusion