03888nam 22006253u 450 991082061830332120230803031104.01-921902-07-8(CKB)2670000000405682(EBL)1249271(OCoLC)853362364(SSID)ssj0001578722(PQKBManifestationID)16253505(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001578722(PQKBWorkID)14860659(PQKB)10681763(MiAaPQ)EBC1249271(MiAaPQ)EBC3015549(Au-PeEL)EBL1249271(EXLCZ)99267000000040568220150316d2013|||| u|| |engurcnu||||||||txtccrThe Samoan Tangle[electronic resource] A Study in Anglo-German-American Relations 1878-19002nd ed.Chicago University of Queensland Press20131 online resource (340 p.)Pacific Studies seriesDescription based upon print version of record.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 18893: 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 Renewedii: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; CopyrightExploring 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 thePacific Studies seriesGermany -- Foreign relations -- United StatesSamoan Islands -- HistorySamoan questionUnited States -- Foreign relations -- GermanyGermany -- Foreign relations -- United States.Samoan Islands -- History.Samoan question.United States -- Foreign relations -- Germany.327.96327.9613Kennedy Paul M124864AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910820618303321The Samoan Tangle4091776UNINA