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INTRODUCTION | xv |
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PART I.—SIBERIA |
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I. | THE ORIGINS OF RUSSIAN EXPANSION IN SIBERIA AND THE NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COUNTRY | 1 |
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II. | THE LAND OF SIBERIA AND ITS INHABITANTS | 9 |
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III. | AGRICULTURAL SIBERIA AND THE RURAL POPULATION | 17 |
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IV. | MINERAL RESOURCES AND INDUSTRIES | 27 |
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V. | SIBERIAN COMMERCE AND THE TRANSPORT OF TEA | 31 |
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VI. | SIBERIAN TOWNS | 38 |
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VII. | IMMIGRATION | 43 |
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VIII. | MEANS OF COMMUNICATION IN SIBERIA | 56 |
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IX. | THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY | 64 |
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X. | THE RAILWAY THROUGH MANCHURIA | 71 |
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XI. | THE ALTERED RELATIONS BETWEEN EUROPE AND THE FAR EAST RESULTING FROM THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY | 76 |
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PART II.—JAPAN |
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I. | THE ORIGIN AND PAST HISTORY OF JAPAN | 81 |
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II. | JAPAN AND THE REVOLUTION OF 1868 | 97 |
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III. | MODERN JAPAN | 110 |
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IV. | JAPANESE INDUSTRY | 118 |
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V. | RURAL JAPAN | 125 |
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VI. | DEVELOPMENT OF JAPANESE COMMERCE | 135 |
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VII. | THE FINANCES OF JAPAN | 143 |
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VIII. | THE DOMESTIC POLITICS AND PARLIAMENT OF JAPAN | 154 |
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IX. | JAPAN’S FOREIGN POLICY AND HER MILITARY POWER | 164 |
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X. | THE FUTURE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION IN JAPAN—RELATIONS BETWEEN JAPANESE AND FOREIGNERS | 171 |
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PART III.—CHINA |
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I. | THE CHINESE PROBLEM | 183 |
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II. | THE CAPITAL OF CHINA | 188 |
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III. | THE COUNTRY IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF PEKING—NUMEROUS SIGNS OF THE DECLINE OF THE EMPIRE | 198 |
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IV. | THE LITERARY AND MANDARIN CLASS—PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF THE DECADENCE OF THE EMPIRE | 204 |
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V. | THE CHINESE PEOPLE AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS | 212 |
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VI. | FOREIGNERS IN CHINA—THE ATTITUDE OF THE CHINESE TOWARDS WESTERN CIVILIZATION | 228 |
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VII. | THE POSITION AND WORK OF FOREIGNERS IN CHINA | 234 |
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VIII. | CHINA AND THE POWERS | 242 |
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IX. | RUSSIA, FRANCE, AND ENGLAND IN THE FAR EAST IN 1895–97 | 253 |
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X. | CHINA AND THE POWERS 1897–99—‘SPHERES OF INFLUENCE,’ AND THE ‘OPEN DOOR’ | |