Maps on linging papers.

Exploration and new territories, 1780s-1850s -- The great powers in the Caribbean Basin, 1800-1890s -- The great powers in East Asia and the Pacific, 1840s-1890s -- U.S. domestic developments and social imperialism, 1850s-1890s -- Three crises: the 1893 depression, China, and Cuba -- The War of 1898 in the Pacific Basin -- The legacy of the crises of the 1890s.