English Historical Documents, 1874-1914

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David Charles Douglas, W. D. Handcock
Psychology Press, 1996 - 725 pages
"English Historical Documents is the most comprehensive, annotated collection of documents on British (not in reality just English) history ever compiled. Conceived during the Second World War with a view to ensuring the most important historical documents remained available and accessible in perpetuity, the first volume came out in 1953, and the most recent volume almost sixty years later. The print series, edited by David C. Douglas, is a magisterial survey of British history, covering the years 500 to 1914 and including around 5,500 primary sources, all selected by leading historians Editors. It has over the years become an indispensable resource for generations of students, researchers and lecturers. EHD is now available in its entirety online. Bringing EHD into the digital age has been a long and complex process. To provide you with first-rate, intelligent searchability, Routledge have teamed up with the Institute of Historical Research (one of the research institutes that make up the School of Advanced Study, University of London http://www.history.ac.uk) to produce EHD Online. The IHR's team of experts have fully indexed the documents, using an exhaustive historical thesaurus developed by the Royal Historical Society for its Bibliography of British and Irish History. The sources include treaties, statutes, declarations, government and cabinet proceedings, military dispatches, orders, acts, sermons, newspaper articles, pamphlets, personal and official letters, diaries and more. Each section of documents and many of the documents themselves are accompanied by editorial commentary. The sources cover a wide spectrum of topics, from political and constitutional issues to social, economic, religious as well as cultural history."--[Résumé de l'éditeur].

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Contents

SELECT GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
7
INTRODUCTION TO PART I
22
telegram en clair 5 February
36
attempted royal mediation Asquiths note of conversation with the king 6 October 1909
41
Asquith in debate on the address on election of January 1910 and guarantees 22 February 1910
42
George Vs account in his diary of interview with Asquith 11
43
a Cabinet minute to the king 15 November 1910
44
b George Vs note in his diary of interview with Asquith and Crewe 16 November 1910
45
Royal Commission on Poorer Classes in Ireland 1836
267
Royal Commission on the Occupation of Land in Ireland Devon Report 1845
268
b Conacre
270
c Evidence of Caesar G Otway on resettlement of a Tipperary estate
271
The famine
280
Acts for reform of poor law June and July 1847
293
Home Rule resolutions November 1873 and March 1874
299
Home Rule party pledge 1884
307

George V Home Rule the Unionists and Ulster 191214
46
b Memorandum from Bonar Law to the king September 1912
47
d Memorandum from Asquith to the king September 1913
49
e Letter from the king to Asquith 22 September 1913
50
George Vs opening speech 21 July 1914
52
PARLIAMENT
55
INTRODUCTION TO PART II
64
Reorganisation of the Conservative party machine 18704
67
Rev W Crosskey on the 600 of Birmingham
70
Report on corruption in Macclesfield election 1880
76
Chamberlain on the caucus in the election of 1880
79
Speaker Brands closures sitting of Monday 31 January to Wednesday 2 February 1881
81
Gladstones speech introducing new procedure 20 February 1882
87
Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act 1883
94
The realities of constituency organisation in 1887
109
Debate in the House of Lords on Finance Bill
127
c Archbishop of Yorks speech 30 November 1909
133
Asquiths speech introducing resolutions prior to the Parliament
139
Balfours speech 2 March 1911
150
Parliament Act 1911
159
57
163
70
165
INTRODUCTION TO PART III
166
35
171
Emigration from the United Kingdom 1875 to 1914
172
38
177
81
182
37
183
94
184
Acreages of crops and numbers of livestock for census years 1871
186
Principal exports by value 1875 to 1914
192
Six years of depression 1873 to 1879
198
The GilchristThomas steel making process 1879
200
Richmond Commission on Agriculture
201
inspectors report 1887
202
newer types of work and workers 1889
204
Liquidation of the Barings November 1890
205
Stock Exchange thanks to Bank of England for action over Barings 30 December 1890
207
Speculation in the cycle industry 1896
208
Royal Commission of 18937 final report
209
Tramways in Bristol 1899 changes in city and industrial life
217
Engineering progress in 1906
219
The motor vehicle industry in Britain 1907
220
Foreign trade in 1910
221
RELIGION AND THE CHURCHES
223
INTRODUCTION TO PART IV
225
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
230
Report of the committee for the revision of the Authorised Version of the Bible 1870
235
Essay by Charles Gore on the Holy Spirit and inspiration from Lux Mundi 1889
236
Archbishop Temple on evolution at Church Congress of 1896
245
Royal Commission on Ecclesiastical Discipline 1906
249
IRELAND AND IRISH AFFAIRS 18331914
251
INTRODUCTION TO PART V
253
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
263
Cowper Report on operation of the Land Acts February 1887
323
conclusions 13 February 1890
330
INTRODUCTION TO PART VI
339
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
345
Gladstone and the Bulgarian horrors 1876
351
Gladstones third Midlothian speech West Calder 27 November
359
Gladstones defence of government policy House
365
Gladstones demand for 11000000 vote of credit for Penjdeh crisis
376
Greys defence of the declaration of protectorate 1 June
384
The Jameson raid 29 December 1895
391
Battle of Omdurman 2 September 1898
398
Peace of Vereeniging 31 May 1902
406
Dillons comment
408
Grey on relations with Germany 29 March 1909
416
government intention to proceed with four
422
INTRODUCTION TO PART VII
431
Probation of Offenders Act 1907
439
INTRODUCTION TO PART VIII
447
Local Government Act 1894
471
London Government Act 1899
477
INTRODUCTION TO PART IX
483
Royal Commission on Technical Instruction 1884
487
Bridge Street Technical School Birmingham 1884 and 1888
499
budget speech of Sir Richard Temple
508
Elementary Education Act 1891
517
Education Act 1902
524
INTRODUCTION TO PART X
535
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
543
paper given to first poor law confer
549
Outdoor relief in the Eastern District 18789
557
Charles Booth on labour and life in London in 1889
565
Charles Booth on old age pensions 1899
571
Pauperism among the aged in the 1890s
577
Majority Report
585
Relief as an encouragement to casual labour 1906
593
INTRODUCTION TO PART XI
605
Public Health Act 1875
613
John Burnetts report to Board of Trade on sweating in the East
627
Physical Deterioration Committee 1904
633
National Insurance Act 1911
639
Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act 1875
647
Cardinal Mannings note on his intervention in the dock strike
655
evidence of W
663
b Terms of settlement 17 November 1893
669
Caxton Hall conference 16 February 1905
677
Asquith on government intervention and attitude
684
APPENDICES
693
GENERAL ELECTIONS 1833 TO 1914
697
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill to Salisbury 3 April 1884
707
Chamberlains ransom speech 5 January 1885
711
105
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INDEX TO TEXTS
719
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