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Pacific strife : the great powers and their political and economic rivalries in Asia and the Western Pacific 1870-1914 / Kees van Dijk
(Global Asia ; ; 5)
(IIAS publications series)
| Material Type | E-Book |
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| Publisher | Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press |
| Year | [2015] |
| Language | English |
| Size | 1 online resource (523 pages) : illustrations |
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| Media type | 機械可読データファイル |
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| Contents | Steam and Istmus canals Planters, traders and labour in the South Pacific Fiji: the start of Anglo-German rivalry in the Pacific The Somoa conflict Germany enters the colonial race The New Guinea protectorates Great Britain, Russia and the Central Asian question Samoa remains a source of international tension The emerging economic world powers Great Britain, France and Southeast Asia The French-expansion westwards into Southeast Asia Russia, Japan and the Chinese empire Thailand and beyond The scramble for China: the Bay of Jiaozhou and Port Arthur The British reaction: Wei-Hai-Wei The scramble for China continues: Guangzhouwan and Tibet The failed annexation of Hawaii The United States becomes a colonial empire The partition of Samoa The Russo-Japanese war Great Britain's search for secure colonial frontiers The United States, Japan and the Pacific Ocean Epilogue |
| Notes | In the late 1800s and early 1900s, colonial powers clashed over much of Central and East Asia: Great Britain and Germany fought over New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, Fiji, and Samoa; France and Great Britain competed over control of continental Southwest Asia; and the United States annexed the Philippines and Hawaii. Meanwhile, the possible disintegration of China and Japan's growing nationalism added new dimensions to the rivalries. Surveying these and other international developments in the Pacific basin during the three decades preceding World War I, Kees van Dijk traces the emergence of superpowers during the colonial race and analyzes their conduct as they struggled for territory Open Access In English Includes bibliographical references and index Print version record |
| Authors | *Dijk, C. van 1946- |
| Subjects | LCSH:Eastern question (Far East) LCSH:Colonies -- Asia All Subject Search LCSH:Colonies -- Oceania All Subject Search FREE:Humanities FREE:History FREE:History: earliest times to present day FREE:Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 FREE:HISTORY / Asia / General BISACSH:HISTORY -- Asia -- General All Subject Search FREE:Colonies FREE:Diplomatic relations FREE:Eastern question (Far East) FREE:Politics and government FREE:Regions & Countries - Australia & Pacific Islands - Oceania FREE:History & Archaeology LCSH:Pacific Area -- Politics and government All Subject Search LCSH:Pacific Area -- Foreign relations All Subject Search FREE:Asia FREE:Oceania FREE:Pacific Area LCSH:Electronic books BSH:Electronic books |
| Classification | DC23:950 |
| ID | ED00001338 |
| ISBN | 9789048516193 |