Pacific Strife : The Great Powers and Their Political and Economic Rivalries in Asia and the Western Pacific, 1870-1914 / Kees van Dijk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Series:

Global Asia.

Global Asia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (527 pages).

Other Title:

Knowledge Unlatched.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2015.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

KU Select 2016 Backlist Collection

BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 100152

ISBN:

9789048516193

OCLC:

913442401

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access