The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... imperial markets and other areas in underdeveloped parts of the world which had yet to be penetrated by foreign competition . In short , entrepreneurs failed to respond energetically to the challenge of over- seas industrialisation and ...
... imperial markets and other areas in underdeveloped parts of the world which had yet to be penetrated by foreign competition . In short , entrepreneurs failed to respond energetically to the challenge of over- seas industrialisation and ...
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... imperial territories - Canada , New Zealand , South Africa , East Africa , Ceylon and Malaya . These were offset by impressive surpluses with West Africa , Australia and , in particular , India.72 The British economy was thus at the ...
... imperial territories - Canada , New Zealand , South Africa , East Africa , Ceylon and Malaya . These were offset by impressive surpluses with West Africa , Australia and , in particular , India.72 The British economy was thus at the ...
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... Imperial Preference by Joseph Chamberlain in his tariff reform campaign in the years after 1903. Whilst Chamberlain's motives were politically complex , 81 in economic terms the campaign had as its ultimate rationale the historic ...
... Imperial Preference by Joseph Chamberlain in his tariff reform campaign in the years after 1903. Whilst Chamberlain's motives were politically complex , 81 in economic terms the campaign had as its ultimate rationale the historic ...
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... Imperial preference may have been an attractive policy to New Zealand and Canada - countries which continued to direct the great bulk of their foodstuffs to the UK market - but it could be of little interest to those imperial ...
... Imperial preference may have been an attractive policy to New Zealand and Canada - countries which continued to direct the great bulk of their foodstuffs to the UK market - but it could be of little interest to those imperial ...
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... the ' City ' , was not necessarily in accord with the preservation of the wider national interests of an imperial power of the first rank.90 2 The British Economy in the 1920s : Growth and THE BRITISH ECONOMY 1870-1913 23.
... the ' City ' , was not necessarily in accord with the preservation of the wider national interests of an imperial power of the first rank.90 2 The British Economy in the 1920s : Growth and THE BRITISH ECONOMY 1870-1913 23.
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2nd series American Bacon and Eltis balance of payments Bank of England Bank Review Blackaby boom Bretton Woods Britain Britain's Economic Prospects British economy British industry British Overseas Business History Cambridge capital cent competition considerable cost cotton country's currency D. H. Aldcroft De-industrialisation decline deficit depression dollar economic growth Economic History Review Economic Journal Economic Policy empire employment Europe European exchange expenditure exports factors favour foreign Germany gold standard Howson ibid Imperial Preference important income increased inflation international economy J. M. Keynes John Maynard Keynes Keynes lend-lease Lloyds Bank loan London manufacturing industry million Moggridge multilateral National organisation output Oxford political position postwar prewar problem protectionism rate of growth recovery reduction reproduced by permission return to gold Richardson rise role Second Labour Government sector Skidelsky staple industries Sterling Area structure Table reproduced tariff trade union Treasury United Kingdom