The Samoan Tangle [electronic resource] : A Study in Anglo-German-American Relations 1878-1900

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kennedy, Paul M.

Series:

Pacific Studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germany--Foreign relations--United States.

Samoan Islands--History.

Samoan question.

United States--Foreign relations--Germany.

Local Subjects:

Germany--Foreign relations--United States.

Samoan Islands--History.

Samoan question.

United States--Foreign relations--Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (340 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Queensland Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Exploring the diplomatic negotiations that led to the division of the Samoan Islands between Germany, Great Britain and the United States in 1899, this book is a significant study of international relations between the three late 19th-century superpowers. The author demonstrates how the Pacific islands were pawns in an international diplomatic chess game that involved Britain's early, but often unwilling, acquisition of Pacific territory; Germany's scramble to get its share to bolster its prestige and trading interests; and the United States' late, but insistent, demands for its place in the

Contents:

Cover; Title; Contents; Note on Translations and Abbreviations; Foreword; Maps; 1: From the Earliest Times to the German Coup of 1884; i: The Powers and Samoa to 1877; ii:The Establishment of Treaty Rights in Samoa; iii:The German Bid for the Islands; iv: The Reaction in London; 2: 'Furor Consularis' and the Establishment of the Tridominium 1885-89; i: Salisbury, Bismarck and the Secret Anglo-German Treaty on Samoa; ii: The Washington Conference and its Aftermath; iii:The German-American Confrontation over Samoa; iv: The Berlin Conference of 1889

3: Tripartite Rule and International Relations 1889-98: The Workings of the Berlin Act; ii: Samoa and Anglo-German Relations 1890-96; iii:The Early Years of German Weltpolitik; iv:The American Expansion and the Changing Relations with Britain and Germany; 4: The Samoan War and International Politics 1898-99; i:The Origins and Outbreak of the Samoan Civil War; ii:Diplomatic Repercussions of the War; iii:Relations with America and the Work of the Samoan commission; iv:Salisbury, Wilhelm and the Samoan Question; 5: The Partition of the Islands 1899; i: The German Pressure is Renewed

ii:Samoa and the Coming of the Boer Wariii:Naval Memoranda and Political Considerations; iv:Bulow's 'Free Hand' and the Settlement with Britain; 6: The Aftermath; i:The Diplomatic Aftermath; ii:The Samoan Crisis and Public Opinion; iii: Samoa and Tonga, 1900-14; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; Copyright

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ISBN:

1-921902-07-8

OCLC:

853362364