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THE ANGLO-SAXON CENTURY

AND

THE UNIFICATION OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES

BY

JOHN R. DOS PASSOS

OF THE NEW YORK BAR

Author of "Stock Brokers and Stock Exchanges," "The Interstate
Commerce Act," "Commercial Trusts," etc.

SECOND EDITION

G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS

NEW YORK AND LONDON

Knickerbocker Press

1903


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COPYRIGHT, 1903

BY

JOHN R. DOS PASSOS

Published, June, 1903

Reprinted, August, 1903

Knickerbocker Press, New York

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ANALYSIS

CHAPTER                                                   PAGE
Introduction..............................................vii
I. Two events which mark the close of the nineteenth century.1
  I. By the Spanish War, the relations of the United States to
  Europe and the East were suddenly transformed..............3
  II. The effect of the war in Africa upon the relations and
  power of England...........................................5
  III. The present diplomatic and political map of the world.8
  IV. Russia, China, France--their relations to each other and
  to the world..............................................10
  V. The Spanish and Portuguese people......................31

II. The origin and form of the suggested alliance between
                            England and the United States...48
  I. How the suggestion arose...............................48
  II. The indefiniteness of the form of the proposed
  Alliance..................................................55
  Definition of co-operation, alliance, union, or compact...61

III. The historical facts traced which have been gradually
  leading to interfusion between the English-speaking
  people....................................................69

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  I. The different epochs which led to the development