Pacific strife the great powers and their political and economic rivalries in Asia and the Western Pacific 1870-1914 / Kees van Dijk.
| Author/creator | Dijk, C. van, 1946- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2015] |
| Description | 523 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Global Asia ; 5 IIAS publications series Global Asia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ; 5. ^A1271939 IIAS publications series. Monographs. ^A1299800 |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2015449347 |
| ISBN | 9789089644206 |
| ISBN | 9089644202 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |