The Latest Age

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Macmillan, 1910 - 1033 pages

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Contents

The Sudan Liberal legislation
41
Jubilee of Queen Victoria Settlement of African questions
47
The Jameson Raid The Boer War The new reign
53
Reforms in the army and the War Office
59
IRELAND AND THE HOME RULE MOVEMENT
65
Question of Irish Education
71
Parnell and the American Irish
77
Lord Carnarvon Ashbourne
83
Agrarian troubles Land purchase
89
Final terms of peace
95
State aid for agriculture
100
Thiers and the Republic
106
Dangers for the Republic
112
Conflict for the schools
118
Socialism and the Republic
124
French empire in the Sudan
130
France and Germany
136
The understanding between the three Emperors
139
Parties in the Reichstag
145
Breach between Bismarck and the National Liberals
151
State enterprise Conservatism and balance of parties
157
Death of William I and succession of Frederick III
163
Industrial growth
169
Contents
174
Passive resistance in Hungary
180
Discontent of the Čechs
186
Fall of Beust Andrássys ascendancy
192
Tiszas rule in Hungary
198
Further concessions to Hungary
204
The Compromise of 1907
210
UNITED ITALY
213
Distress and disorder in Italy
219
Attempt at a general strike
225
Socialist schools in Italy
231
Condition of southern Italy
237
CHAPTER IX
243
Electoral Reform Liberal policy
247
Results of electoral Reform
253
Growing disorder Rule of the Army
259
Rebellion in Cuba
265
Dom Carlos and João Franco
271
SCANDINAVIA
273
Industry and labour problems
279
Negotiations between Sweden and Norway
285
Foreign relations of Denmark
291
Radical thinkers Nihilism
297
Propagandists Insurrectionists Jacobins
303
Programmes of reform
309
The Press and the Universities
315
Development of Russian industry Famines of 18913
321
Vigorous work of the Zemstva
327
Liberalism The Liberators
333
White Russia Little Russia
339
The Siberian Railway China and Japan
345
CHAPTER XIII
346
Congresses and unions
352
The general strike
358
Limitations of the power of the Duma
364
New Land
370
Stolypin and the third Duma
376
Contents
381
Negotiations between the Powers
387
Protests against the Treaty
393
The Cyprus Convention Working of the Berlin Treaty
399
Prince Alexander of Bulgaria
405
Assassination of Stambuloff Reconciliation with Russia
411
The Armenian massacres
417
Prince George in Crete
423
Macedonia
424
Initiation of the Suez Canal
430
Arabi War Minister
436
Gordon relief expedition
442
Defeat and death of the Khalifa
448
French and English education
454
Contents
457
Chinese reforms Peace with France
506
Treaty of Shimonoseki
512
The Boxers agitation
518
French activity in Annam
524
Aguinaldo SpanishAmerican War
530
Europeans in Siam
534
The task of the new Japanese Government
540
Prince Itō and his friends
546
Struggles in Parliament
552
Settlements with China and Korea
558
Japan and Korea
564
Agreement between China and Japan
570
CHAPTER XIX
576
Kuropatkins difficulties Alexéyeff
582
Japanese advance Vladivostok squadron
588
Incident of the Dogger Bank
594
The War at a deadlock
600
The opening of the west
606
Industries Communications
612
Australia and New Zealand
618
The towns Immigration
624
State regulation of industries
630
Annexation of the Transvaal Zulu War
636
British reverses and victories
642
Machinery of Government
648
Depression in West Indies
654
Division of Northwest Africa
660
European competition in Africa
665
The British empire
671
Porfirio Díaz Chile
677
Argentina and Buenos Aires
683
Responsibility of the United States
689
The three Powers and Venezuela
695
The Drago Doctrine
701
Customary mitigations of war Papal arbitration
707
Courts administering International Law
713
Methods of international arbitration Instances
719
Results of the Second Peace Conference
725
CHAPTER XXIII
730
Relation of central and local authorities
736
Cooperative loan societies in Germany
742
Development of Trade Unionism
748
Friendly Societies State insurance
754
Organic conception of society
760
Contents
766
Contents
771
Conception of evolution
772
Selection and sociology
778
Thermodynamical research
784
Radioactivity
790
The unveiling of China
796
Attempts to penetrate Tibet
798
Sven Hedin Results of Asiatic exploration
804
Stanley explores the Congo
810
CHAPTER XXVI
816
The studies of Jacob Grimm
822
The Prussian school of historians
828
Tocqueville Taine
833
Froude The Oxford school Stubbs
839
Expansion of Hellenic learning
845
85662
856
The Third Republic
863
The German Empire
869
AustriaHungary
876
Italy
883
8638
891
XII XIII
898
9134
913
Japan
921
The European Colonies 18701907
927
The Republics of Latin America
949
Social Movements
957
Modern Explorations
967
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF LEADING EVENTS
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