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CONTENTS
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| CHAPTER | PAGE | |||
| 130. | Political Democracy, 1867-1918 | 477 | ||
| 131. | Government of the United Kingdom | 479 | ||
| 132. | The Irish Question | 486 | ||
| 133. | The British Empire | 490 | ||
| XV. | THE CONTINENTAL COUNTRIES | |||
| 134. | The Third French Republic | 498 | ||
| 135. | Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Belgium | 505 | ||
| 136. | Switzerland, Holland, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden | 510 | ||
| 137. | The German Empire, 1871-1918 | 513 | ||
| 138. | The Dual Monarchy, 1867-1918 | 519 | ||
| 139. | The Russian Empire | 521 | ||
| 140. | The Ottoman Empire and the Balkan States | 529 | ||
| XVI. | COLONIAL EXPANSION AND WORLD POLITICS | |||
| 141. | Greater Europe | 540 | ||
| 142. | The Opening-up of Africa | 542 | ||
| 143. | The Partition of Africa | 546 | ||
| 144. | The Opening-up and Partition of Asia | 550 | ||
| 145. | India | 553 | ||
| 146. | China | 555 | ||
| 147. | Japan | 560 | ||
| 148. | The Opening-up and Partition of Oceania | 563 | ||
| 149. | Australia and New Zealand | 565 | ||
| 150. | Canada | 566 | ||
| 151. | Latin America | 568 | ||
| 152. | The United States | 573 | ||
| 153. | Close of Geographical Discovery | 577 | ||
| XVII. | THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION | |||
| 154. | Modern Industrialism | 581 | ||
| 155. | The Great Inventions | 583 | ||
| 156. | Effects of the Great Inventions | 588 | ||
| 157. | Improvements in Transportation | 592 | ||
| 158. | Improved Communications | 597 | ||
| 159. | Commerce | 600 | ||
| 160. | Agriculture and Land Tenure | 605 | ||
| 161. | The Labor Movement | 609 | ||
| 162. | Government Regulation of Industry | 610 | ||
| 163. | Public Ownership | 614 | ||
| 164. | Socialism | 616 | ||
| 165. | Poverty and Progress | 620 | ||
