The Cambridge Modern History, Svazek 12

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John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Baron Acton, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Sir Stanley Mordaunt Leathes
The University Press, 1910 - Počet stran: 1033
"The Cambridge Modern History" is a comprehensive modern history of the world, beginning with the 15th century age of Discovery, published by the Cambridge University Press in the United Kingdom and also in the United States.

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Reform of the county franchise Lord Salisburys Ministry
43
Effect of Lord Randolph Churchills resignation
46
Lord Salisburys Coalition Ministry
52
Defects of the educational system
58
Literature and
64
IRELAND AND THE HOME RULE MOVEMENT
65
Question of Irish Education
71
Michael Davitt Foundation of the Irish Land League
77
LIST OF BIBLIOGRAPHIES
81
17
82
Lord Carnarvon Ashbourne
83
Agrarian troubles Land purchase
89
Final terms of peace
95
State aid for agriculture
100
19
102
Thiers and the Republic
106
Dangers for the Republic
112
21
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
xvi
175
Passive resistance in Hungary 18
180
Discontent of the Čechs 18
186
Fall of Beust Andrássys ascendancy 19
192
Tiszas rule in Hungary 19
198
Further concessions to Hungary 20
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
Kuypers Ministry His fall
248
Proportional representation
254
Carlist risings
260
Increased prosperity in Spain
266
Murder of Carlos King of Portugal
272
SCANDINAVIA
273
Industry and labour problems
279
Negotiations between Sweden and Norway
285
Foreign relations of Denmark
291
The law Courts The Press The peasants 30
300
Murders and Courtsmartial The Zemstva 30
306
Ignatyeff 31
312
Bunge and Tolstoy Peasant administration 3
318
Railway policy The spirit monopoly 3
324
Spread of Social Democracy
330
The Baltic Provinces Poland
336
Germany and the Balkans The Caucasus
342
CHAPTER XIII
346
Congresses and unions
352
The Duma Law of August 19
356
The last Zemstvo Congress Witte and Durnovó
362
Dissolution of the first Duma
368
Repression and disorder
374
Visit of Duma leaders to England
380
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
Lord Mayo assassinated Lord Northbrook and Free Trade
464
War declared on Afghanistan
470
Settlement in Afghanistan Kandahar restored
476
The Forward policy
482
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
Southwest Africa The Italians in Africa
664
European competition in Africa
665
Recent developments Germany Spain
670
Mexico Juárez European intervention
676
Fall of Rosas Settlement
682
Development of the Monroe Doctrine
688
Despotic rule Financial bonds
694
The three Powers and Venezuela
695
Panamerican Congresses
700
The Church and war
706
The achievement of Grotius
710
Reality of International Law
712
The limits of useful arbitration
718
The question of reducing armaments
724
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
Mendeléeffs table of elements
770
Contents
771
Conception of evolution
772
Selection and sociology
778
Thermodynamical research
784
Radioactivity
790
The unveiling of China 79
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
Study of institutions Anthropology
850
CHAPS PAGES I Modern Europe
851
Foreign relations of the United States during the Civil War
852
Ireland 85662
856
The Third Republic 8638
863
The German Empire 86975
869
AustriaHungary 87682
876
Italy 8837
886
The Low Countries 88890
890
The Iberian Peninsula 8913
891
Scandinavia 8947
894
Russia 898904
898
The Ottoman Empire and the Balkan Peninsula 90512
905
Egypt and the Egyptian Sudan 9134
913
India 9157
915
The Far East 91820
918
RussoJapanese War 9246
924
The European Colonies 18701907 92748
927
The Republics of Latin America 94953
949
History of the Law of Nations 9546
954
Social Movements 95766
957
Modern Explorations 96771
967
The Growth of Historical Science 9726
972
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF LEADING EVENTS 97785
987

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