Chapter 27

Chapter Summary

Summary Continued

Russia's Reforms and Industrial Advance

Russia before Reform

Drifting away from the West

"Russia also continued its territorial..."

Russia and Europe

Economic and Social Problems

The Crimean War

The Peasant Question

The Reform Era

Early Reforms

Early Industrialization

The Trans-Siberian Railway

Count Witte’s Reforms

Protest and Revolution in Russia

The Road to Revolution

Alexander’s Assassination

The Marxist Movement

The Russo-Japanese War

Russian Expansion

The Russo-Japanese War

The Revolution of 1905

Russia and Eastern Europe

Russia and Eastern Europe

Japan: Transformation without Revolution

The Final Decades of the Shogunate

The Final Decades of the Shogunate

The Final Decades of the Shogunate

The Challenge to Isolation

The Meiji Emperor

The Separate Paths of
Japan and China

Industrial and Political Change in the Meiji State

Industrial and Political Change in the Meiji State

Japan's Industrial Revolution

Japan's Industrial Revolution

Japan's Industrial Revolution

Social Effects of Industrialization

Cultural Effects of Industrialization

Social and Cultural Effects of Industrialization

The Strain of Modernization

The Strain of Modernization

Conclusion: Growing International Rivalries