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Pacific Strife : The Great Powers and their Political and Economic Rivalries in Asia and the Western Pacific, 1870-1914 /
Published 2015Table of 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.…”
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