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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... railway and assured the Prime Minister that the Commons would reject such a proposal . The Glad- stonians also protested . Another of Salisbury's anti - slave schemes , the Tana - Nyanza railway , was rejected by Goschen in 1891.4 What ...
... railway and assured the Prime Minister that the Commons would reject such a proposal . The Glad- stonians also protested . Another of Salisbury's anti - slave schemes , the Tana - Nyanza railway , was rejected by Goschen in 1891.4 What ...
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... railway construction within the Empire . The length of railway line open in India and the colonies , which , in 1870 , scarcely exceeded 8500 miles , had grown to 22,421 in 1880 , and to 52,817 in 1895.2 At the same time there had been ...
... railway construction within the Empire . The length of railway line open in India and the colonies , which , in 1870 , scarcely exceeded 8500 miles , had grown to 22,421 in 1880 , and to 52,817 in 1895.2 At the same time there had been ...
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... railway concession to Konia , on the second stage of the Baghdad railway . Rosebery warned the German ambassador that such pres- sure would make it more difficult for him to advocate in the Cabinet a policy of close friendship with the ...
... railway concession to Konia , on the second stage of the Baghdad railway . Rosebery warned the German ambassador that such pres- sure would make it more difficult for him to advocate in the Cabinet a policy of close friendship with the ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Dual character of the Empire by 1870 | 11 |
CHAPTER II | 17 |
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