Kees Dijk

Pacific Strife (eBook, PDF)

The Great Powers and their Political and Economic Rivalries in Asia and the Western Pacific, 1870-1914

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Produktbeschreibung

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. Extensive in scope, Pacific Strife is a fascinating look at a volatile moment in history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 524
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040776148
• Artikelnr.: 75562343

Autorenporträt

Kees van Dijk is emeritus professor of the history of modern Islam in Indonesia at Leiden University.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Chapter one STEAM AND CANALS
Chapter two RIVALRIES IN THE PACIFIC
Chapter three PLANTERS
TRADERS AND SLAVERS IN THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC
Chapter four FIJI: THE START OF ANGLO-GERMAN RIVALRY IN THE PACIFIC
Chapter five THE SAMOA CONFLICT
Chapter six GERMANY ENTERS THE COLONIAL RAC
E Chapter seven THE NEW GUINEA PROTECTORATES
Chapter eight GREAT BRITAIN
RUSSIA AND THE CENTRAL ASIAN QUESTION
Chapter nine SAMOAN REMAINS A SOURCE OF INTERNATIONAL TENSION
Chapter ten THE EMERGING ECONOMIC WORLD POWERS
Chapter eleven GREAT BRITAIN
FRANCE AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
Chapter twelve THE FRENCH EXPANSION WESTWARDS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
Chapter thirteen RUSSIA
JAPAN AND THE CHINESE EMPIRE
Chapter fourteen THAILAND AND BEYOND
Chapter fifteen THE SCRAMBLE FOR CHINA: JIOAZHOU AND PORT ARTHUR
Chapter sixteen THE BRITISH REACTION: WEI-HAI-WEI
Chapter seventeen THE SCRAMBLE FOR CHINA CONTINUES: GUANGZHOUWAN AND TIBET
Chapter eighteen THE FAILED ANNEXATION OF HAWAII
Chapter nineteen THE UNITED STATES BECOMES A COLONIAL EMPIRE
Chapter twenty THE PARTITION OF SAMOA
Chapter twenty-one THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR
Chapter twenty-two GREAT BRITAIN'S SEARCH FOR SECURE COLONIAL FRONTIERS
Chapter twenty-three THE UNITED STATES
JAPAN AND THE PACIFIC OCEAN
Chapter twenty-four
EPILOGUE