An introduction to world politics. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Herbert Adams Gibbons.
• Authors: Gibbons, Herbert Adams, 1880-1934
• Contents: Ch. 1. The beginning of world politics -- ch. 2. Nationalism and steam power (1789-1848) -- ch. 3. The rise of world powers (1848-1878) -- ch. 4. French colonial expansion (1830-1900) -- ch. 5. British colonial expansion (1815-1878) -- ch. 6. Consolidation of British power in the near east (1878-1885) -- ch. 7. The near eastern question (1879-1908) -- ch. 8. Russian colonial expansion (1829-1878) -- ch. 9. Consolidation of Russian power in the far east (1879-1903) -- ch. 10. Japan's first challenge to Europe : the war with China (1894-1895) -- ch. 11. The attempt to partition China (1895-1902) -- ch. 12. Japan's second challenge to Europe : the war with Russia (1904-1905) -- ch. 13. The revival of British imperialism (1895-1902) -- ch. 14. Persia and the Anglo-Russian agreement of 1907 -- ch. 15. Egypt, Morocco, and the Anglo-French agreement of 1904 -- ch. 16. The development of the German Weltpolitik (1883-1905) -- ch. 17. The Franco-German dispute over Morocco (1905-1911) -- ch. 18. The young Turk revolution and its reactions (1908-1911) -- ch. 19. Italian expansion in Africa (1882-1911) -- ch. 20. The reopening of the near eastern question by Italy (1911-1912) -- ch. 21. Intrigues of the great powers in the Balkans (1903-1912) -- ch. 22. The Balkan War against Turkey (1912-1913) -- ch. 23. The Balkan tangle (1913-1914) -- ch. 24. The Triple Entente against the central empires (1914) -- ch. 25. Italy's entrance into the Triple Entente (1915) -- ch. 26. The alinement of the Balkan states in the European War (1914-1917) -- ch. 27. China as a republic (1906-1917) -- ch. 28. Japan's third challenge to Europe : the war with Germany and the twenty-one demands on China (1914-1916) -- ch. 29. The United States in world politics (1893-1917) -- ch. 30. The United States and the Latin-American republics (1893-1917) -- ch. 31. The United States in the coalition against the central empires (1917-1918) -- ch. 32. The disintegration of the Romanoff, Hapsburg, and Ottoman Empires through self-determination propaganda (1917-1918) -- ch. 33. The attempt to create a league of nations at Paris after the defeat of Germany (1919) -- ch. 34. The refusal of the United States to ratify the treaties and enter the league (1919-1921) -- ch. 35. World politics and the treaty of Versailles (1919-1922) -- ch. 36. World politics and the treaty of St. Germain (1919-1922) -- ch. 37. World politics and the treaty of Trianon (1919-1922) -- ch. 38. World politics and the treaty of Neuilly (1919-1922) -- ch. 39. World politics and the treaty of Sèvres (1920-1922) -- ch. 40. The reëstablishment of peace prevented by unsatisfied nationalist aspirations and divergent policies of the victors (1918-1922) -- ch. 41. The Russian revolution and its aftermath (1917-1922) -- ch. 42. Overseas possessions of "secondary states" (1815-1922) -- ch. 43. French colonial problems (1901-1922) -- ch. 44. British imperial problems (1903-1922) -- ch. 45. The foreign policy of post-bellum Japan (1919-1922) -- ch. 46. The place of the United States in the world (1920-1922) -- ch. 47. Bases of solidarity among English-speaking peoples (1922) -- ch. 48. The continuation conferences : from London to Genoa (1919-1922) -- ch. 49. The Washington conference and the limitation of armaments (1921-1922).
• Publisher Details: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 320.9; World politics; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference; World politics; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317288008; 1317288009; 9781315644103
• Related ISBNs: 9781138186002; 131564410X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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