ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1922, An Introduction to World Politics, was published at a particularly interesting time in international relations, just a few short years after the first world war. With this in mind, Gibbons has approached this text as a general introduction to world politics, both examining causes of recent events in his lifetime as well as exploring what he refers to as ‘the beginning’ of World Politics. This study delves into various aspects of world politics throughout history including the colonialism of the British and the French and several wars and treaties with analysis on how this impacted on relations between nations. This title will be of interest to students of Political History and International Relations.

chapter I|14 pages

The Beginnings of World Politics

chapter II|13 pages

Nationalism and Steam Power (1789–1848)

chapter III|22 pages

The Rise of World Powers (1848–1878)

chapter IV|13 pages

French Colonial Expansion (1830–1900)

chapter V|18 pages

British Colonial Expansion (1815–1878)

chapter VII|17 pages

The Near Eastern Question (1879–1908)

chapter VIII|9 pages

Russian Colonial Expansion (1829–1878)

chapter XI|19 pages

The Attempt to Partition China (1895–1902)

chapter XIX|8 pages

Italian Expansion in Africa (1882–1911)

chapter XXII|7 pages

The Balkan War Against Turkey (1912–1913)

chapter XXIII|11 pages

The Balkan Tangle (1913–1914)

chapter XXVII|13 pages

China as a Republic (1906–1917)

chapter XLIII|11 pages

French Colonial Problems (1901–1922)

chapter XLIV|20 pages

British Imperial Problems (1903–1922)