LEADER 03922nam 22006373u 450 001 9910464116703321 005 20210117143809.0 010 $a1-921902-07-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000405682 035 $a(EBL)1249271 035 $a(OCoLC)853362364 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001578722 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16253505 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001578722 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14860659 035 $a(PQKB)10681763 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1249271 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3015549 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1249271 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000405682 100 $a20150316d2013|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Samoan Tangle$b[electronic resource] $eA Study in Anglo-German-American Relations 1878-1900 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Queensland Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (340 p.) 225 1 $aPacific Studies series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $a3: 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 327 $aii: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 330 $aExploring the diplomatic negotiations that led to the division of the Samoan Islands between Germany, Great Britain and the United States in 1899, this book is a significant study of international relations between the three late 19th-century superpowers. The author demonstrates how the Pacific islands were pawns in an international diplomatic chess game that involved Britain's early, but often unwilling, acquisition of Pacific territory; Germany's scramble to get its share to bolster its prestige and trading interests; and the United States' late, but insistent, demands for its place in the 410 0$aPacific Studies series 606 $aGermany -- Foreign relations -- United States 606 $aSamoan Islands -- History 606 $aSamoan question 606 $aUnited States -- Foreign relations -- Germany 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aGermany -- Foreign relations -- United States. 615 4$aSamoan Islands -- History. 615 4$aSamoan question. 615 4$aUnited States -- Foreign relations -- Germany. 676 $a327.96 676 $a327.9613 700 $aKennedy$b Paul M$0124864 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464116703321 996 $aThe Samoan Tangle$92461683 997 $aUNINA