The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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... labour and slave labour sugar of foreign countries . The proposal gave rise to angry controversy . It was denounced by the opposition as hypocritical and quixotic , but Peel persisted and with difficulty carried the clause which imposed ...
... labour and slave labour sugar of foreign countries . The proposal gave rise to angry controversy . It was denounced by the opposition as hypocritical and quixotic , but Peel persisted and with difficulty carried the clause which imposed ...
Page 503
... LABOUR 503 existing between planters and their labourers , and the ratio in each colony of population to land fit for cultivation . While the latter was the more fundamental consideration , the former was decisive in in- dividual cases ...
... LABOUR 503 existing between planters and their labourers , and the ratio in each colony of population to land fit for cultivation . While the latter was the more fundamental consideration , the former was decisive in in- dividual cases ...
Page 506
... labour costs , and partly of shortage and irregularity of labour supply . The effect of these factors in restricting output was greatest in British Guiana , which was least able to supplement its labour supply by effective immi- gration ...
... labour costs , and partly of shortage and irregularity of labour supply . The effect of these factors in restricting output was greatest in British Guiana , which was least able to supplement its labour supply by effective immi- gration ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1929 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 3 Feb 2009 |
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