The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 3John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1959 - Commonwealth of Nations |
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... course of the labour trade.1 Then , in 1870 , the annexation of Fiji was pressed on the Imperial Government by a resolution of the intercolonial conference at Melbourne , followed later on by an appeal from the Government of New South ...
... course of the labour trade.1 Then , in 1870 , the annexation of Fiji was pressed on the Imperial Government by a resolution of the intercolonial conference at Melbourne , followed later on by an appeal from the Government of New South ...
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... course to violate the constitutional doctrines of the resurgent Democratic Party north of the border . Wilson could and did stand up to the demands of the oil companies , but he was obsessed with the idea of discouraging dictatorships ...
... course to violate the constitutional doctrines of the resurgent Democratic Party north of the border . Wilson could and did stand up to the demands of the oil companies , but he was obsessed with the idea of discouraging dictatorships ...
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... course by the overwhelming concentration of one group in a single land mass and the dispersion of the other over the seven seas , but it was there . Social habits and cultural patterns too were becoming inextricably confused : to take ...
... course by the overwhelming concentration of one group in a single land mass and the dispersion of the other over the seven seas , but it was there . Social habits and cultural patterns too were becoming inextricably confused : to take ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Dual character of the Empire by 1870 | 11 |
CHAPTER II | 17 |
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