Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Foreword 9
4. 1. Steam and Istmus Canals 13
5. 2. Rivalries in the Western Pacific 21
6. 3. Planters, Traders and Labour in the South Pacific 43
7. 4. Fiji: The Start of Anglo-German Rivalry in the Pacific 63
8. 5. The Samoa Conflict 81
9. 6. Germany Enters the Colonial Race 97
10. 7. The New Guinea Protectorates 121
11. 8. Great Britain, Russia and the Central Asian Question 147
12. 9. Samoa Remains a Source of International Tension 161
13. 10. The Emerging Economic World Powers 177
14. 11. Great Britain, France and Southeast Asia 201
15. 12. The French Expansion Westwards into Southeast Asia 227
16. 13. Russia, Japan and the Chinese Empire 245
17. 14. Thailand and Beyond 267
18. 15. The Scramble for China: The Bay of Jiaozhou and Port Arthur 295
19. 16. The British Reaction: Wei-Hai-Wei 317
20. 17. The Scramble for China Continues: Guangzhouwan and Tibet 337
21. 18. The Failed Annexation of Hawaii 359
22. 19. The United States Becomes a Colonial Empire 381
23. 20. The Partition of Samoa 401
24. 21. The Russo-Japanese War 417
25. 22. Great Britain’s Search for Secure Colonial Frontiers 439
26. 23. The United States, Japan and the Pacific Ocean 463
27. 24. Epilogue 489
28. Bibliography 499
29. Index 511
30. List of Treaties, Agreements and Joint Statements mentioned 521