- Title
- Pacific Strife
- Subtitle
- The Great Powers and their Political and Economic Rivalries in Asia and the Western Pacific, 1870-1914
- Author
- Kees van Dijk
- Price
- € 182,00 excl. VAT
- ISBN
- 9789089644206
- Format
- Hardback
- Number of pages
- 526
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 13 - 03 - 2015
- Dimensions
- 15.6 x 23.4 cm
- Open Access
- Download on Open Access Platform
- Series
- Global Asia
- Partner
- Discipline
- Asian Studies
- Also available as
- eBook PDF - € 0,00
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 RACE
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
Reviews and Features
'Van Dijk's work will richly reward readers of nearly any interest level.' - J. Rogers in Choice
"Pacific Strife is a well-written account of the great power rivalries in the Pacific that will appeal to all scholars and students working on the region in the time period under study." - Arnout van der Meer in Brill
"An excellent historical review of the diplomatic, military, and economic activities in the pre-WWI Asia-Pacific region." - Hao-Li Lin, Pacific Affairs
"Pacific Strife is a well-written account of the great power rivalries in the Pacific that will appeal to all scholars and students working on the region in the time period under study." - Arnout van der Meer in Brill
"An excellent historical review of the diplomatic, military, and economic activities in the pre-WWI Asia-Pacific region." - Hao-Li Lin, Pacific Affairs
Kees van Dijk
Pacific Strife
The Great Powers and their Political and Economic Rivalries in Asia and the Western Pacific, 1870-1914
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.
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.
Author
Kees van Dijk
Kees van Dijk is emeritus professor of the history of modern Islam in Indonesia at Leiden University.
