A World History of Our Own Times: From the turn of the century to the 1918 armisticeSimon and Schuster, 1949 |
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... gave no scope to a responsible opposition . Moreover , Bülow , with all his shortcomings , had shown a growing awareness of the dangers into which Germany was drifting . His decision to wage a finish fight on the inheritance tax ...
... gave no scope to a responsible opposition . Moreover , Bülow , with all his shortcomings , had shown a growing awareness of the dangers into which Germany was drifting . His decision to wage a finish fight on the inheritance tax ...
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... gave the limited class audience all the novelty , excitement , and escape that it craved - and more besides . The genius's name was Sergei Diaghilev . His artistic creation was known as the Russian ballet . Diaghilev was born in 1872 of ...
... gave the limited class audience all the novelty , excitement , and escape that it craved - and more besides . The genius's name was Sergei Diaghilev . His artistic creation was known as the Russian ballet . Diaghilev was born in 1872 of ...
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... gave all his energies to a single troupe that could play only a single theater in one city at a time . Although Russian tradition , Russian energy , and Russian talent in- spired Diaghilev's ballets , the money that financed them , the ...
... gave all his energies to a single troupe that could play only a single theater in one city at a time . Although Russian tradition , Russian energy , and Russian talent in- spired Diaghilev's ballets , the money that financed them , the ...
Contents
THE WORLD OF 1900 | 7 |
CHAPTER PAGE 1 EUROPE AND GERMANY 3 | 7 |
THE LESSER TWOTHIRDS OF THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE | 23 |
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