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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Page 457
... overseas railways and public works and encouraged large - scale specialisation in Canadian wheat , Australian wool , African cotton or Malayan tin . For the more mature colonies it was increasingly advantageous to have connection with ...
... overseas railways and public works and encouraged large - scale specialisation in Canadian wheat , Australian wool , African cotton or Malayan tin . For the more mature colonies it was increasingly advantageous to have connection with ...
Page 563
... overseas service , totalling 47,000 men , had been embarked , though it did not achieve the technical status of mobilisation till it reached South Africa . Much of the reservists ' strength was absorbed at the start in replacing regular ...
... overseas service , totalling 47,000 men , had been embarked , though it did not achieve the technical status of mobilisation till it reached South Africa . Much of the reservists ' strength was absorbed at the start in replacing regular ...
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... overseas 331,814 , that is 13:43 per cent of the male white population ; 59,330 lost their lives . New Zealand re- cruited 128,525 soldiers of whom 112,223 , that is 19.35 per cent of the white male population , served overseas , and ...
... overseas 331,814 , that is 13:43 per cent of the male white population ; 59,330 lost their lives . New Zealand re- cruited 128,525 soldiers of whom 112,223 , that is 19.35 per cent of the white male population , served overseas , and ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Dual character of the Empire by 1870 | 11 |
CHAPTER II | 17 |
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