Title The Samoan tangle : a study in Anglo-German-American relations 1878-1900 / Paul M. Kennedy

Published St Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource Series UQ ePress Pacific studies series UQ ePress Pacific studies series Contents Cover; Title; Contents; Note on Translations and Abbreviations; Foreword; Maps; 1: From the Earliest Times to the German Coup of 1884; i: T he 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 1889-98i: 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 Summary When Hugh Laracy reviewed this book in The Journal of Pacific History in 1978 he rightly described it as the 'product of monumental research'. Exploring the diplomatic negotiations that led to the division of the Samoan Islands between Germany, Great Britain and the USA in 1899, it is a significant study of international relations between the three late nineteenth century super powers. 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 p Notes Previously published: 1974 Subject Diplomatic relations Politics and government SUBJECT Samoa -- Politics and government -- 19th century Samoa -- History -- 19th century Germany -- Foreign relations -- History -- 19th century United States -- Foreign relations -- History -- 19th century Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- History -- 19th century Subject Germany Great Britain Samoa United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781921902086 1921902086

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