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Book/Printed Material Pacific strife : the great powers and their political and economic rivalries in Asia and the Western Pacific 1870-1914

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Title

  • Pacific strife : the great powers and their political and economic rivalries in Asia and the Western Pacific 1870-1914

Names

  • Dijk, C. van (Cornelis), 1946- author.

Created / Published

  • Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2015]
  • 2015

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.

Headings

  • -  Pacific Area--Politics and government
  • -  Pacific Area--Foreign relations
  • -  Eastern question (Far East)
  • -  Colonies--Asia
  • -  Colonies--Oceania

Notes

  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.
  • -  Includes bibliographical references and index.

Medium

  • 1 electronic resource (523 pages )

Call Number/Physical Location

  • DS34

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020716439

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Chicago citation style:

Dijk, C. Van , Author. Pacific Strife: The Great Powers and Their Political and Economic Rivalries in Asia and the Western Pacific 1870 to 1914. [Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2015] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020716439/.

APA citation style:

Dijk, C. V. (2015) Pacific Strife: The Great Powers and Their Political and Economic Rivalries in Asia and the Western Pacific 1870 to 1914. [Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2020716439/.

MLA citation style:

Dijk, C. Van , Author. Pacific Strife: The Great Powers and Their Political and Economic Rivalries in Asia and the Western Pacific 1870 to 1914. [Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2015] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2020716439/>.