The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 3John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth of Nations |
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Page 181
... position , her industrial leadership , her far- extended possessions and her growing store of loanable capital gave her during this period a position of signal influence and import- ance . Peace was her prime interest , for it was the ...
... position , her industrial leadership , her far- extended possessions and her growing store of loanable capital gave her during this period a position of signal influence and import- ance . Peace was her prime interest , for it was the ...
Page 185
... position of depen- dence . In the ' eighties the Home Government departed from its former practice and in most commercial treaties reserved to them and to India the right to adhere to the treaty , or not , as they pleased , and at times ...
... position of depen- dence . In the ' eighties the Home Government departed from its former practice and in most commercial treaties reserved to them and to India the right to adhere to the treaty , or not , as they pleased , and at times ...
Page 224
... position as central banks . The currencies of almost all countries stood in fixed and effective relationship to gold , either direct or through sterling , and the various money markets were closely responsive to one another . There was ...
... position as central banks . The currencies of almost all countries stood in fixed and effective relationship to gold , either direct or through sterling , and the various money markets were closely responsive to one another . There was ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
CHAPTER II | 17 |
THE NAVY AND THE GATHERING OF THE ARMIES | 22 |
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