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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Page 229
... less importance . In imperial economy the West Indies were what they had always been , the sugar colonies . The industrial revolution had affected them but little , either directly or indirectly , except by raising hopes of profit from ...
... less importance . In imperial economy the West Indies were what they had always been , the sugar colonies . The industrial revolution had affected them but little , either directly or indirectly , except by raising hopes of profit from ...
Page 247
... less than two and a half times as many , France , stable for three years , could be received again into the full comity of nations . During these years of domestic and European effort , none the less , some notes had been struck which ...
... less than two and a half times as many , France , stable for three years , could be received again into the full comity of nations . During these years of domestic and European effort , none the less , some notes had been struck which ...
Page 439
... less in- telligence , perhaps less conscious suffering , little initiative , and almost no co - operation among the dulled minds of farm labourers . But there an idea originated of using , and also saving , poor relief by emigration ...
... less in- telligence , perhaps less conscious suffering , little initiative , and almost no co - operation among the dulled minds of farm labourers . But there an idea originated of using , and also saving , poor relief by emigration ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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