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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... labour overseas : cheap labour undercut British labour by unhealthy competition and discouraged British emigration . On the other hand , cheap native labour reduced the British cost of living and made wages go further . As the Liberals ...
... labour overseas : cheap labour undercut British labour by unhealthy competition and discouraged British emigration . On the other hand , cheap native labour reduced the British cost of living and made wages go further . As the Liberals ...
Page 368
... labour did not materialise and African labour melted away , Milner turned reluc- tantly , but firmly , with the support of miners and capitalists , towards the temporary experiment of Chinese indentured labour to save the Rand . But he ...
... labour did not materialise and African labour melted away , Milner turned reluc- tantly , but firmly , with the support of miners and capitalists , towards the temporary experiment of Chinese indentured labour to save the Rand . But he ...
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... labour in British colonies . The latter part of the nineteenth century , however , saw the beginnings of international action to protect labour in the principal European countries themselves ; a movement which , though initially ...
... labour in British colonies . The latter part of the nineteenth century , however , saw the beginnings of international action to protect labour in the principal European countries themselves ; a movement which , though initially ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Dual character of the Empire by 1870 | 11 |
CHAPTER II | 17 |
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