The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... of the empire in order to isolate Britain from an increasingly hostile world . As if to confirm the validity of this developing pessimism in late Victorian Britain the available statistical indices point to a deterior-
... of the empire in order to isolate Britain from an increasingly hostile world . As if to confirm the validity of this developing pessimism in late Victorian Britain the available statistical indices point to a deterior-
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... Empire , South America and Asia , and coalmining , textiles and iron and steel alone contributed over 70 per cent of the country's export earnings . It is this ' bias ' towards the staple industries which has led some economic ...
... Empire , South America and Asia , and coalmining , textiles and iron and steel alone contributed over 70 per cent of the country's export earnings . It is this ' bias ' towards the staple industries which has led some economic ...
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... empire countries ( excluding Canada ) were central to this process . Since the great bulk of their exports were directed towards the metropolitan market a redirection of British overseas investment in their favour could outweigh the ...
... empire countries ( excluding Canada ) were central to this process . Since the great bulk of their exports were directed towards the metropolitan market a redirection of British overseas investment in their favour could outweigh the ...
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... empire , and the empire as a self - contained commercial unit would be able to use its external tariff as ' a retaliatory battering ram ' to enter protected markets elsewhere in the international economy , in industrial Europe and the ...
... empire , and the empire as a self - contained commercial unit would be able to use its external tariff as ' a retaliatory battering ram ' to enter protected markets elsewhere in the international economy , in industrial Europe and the ...
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... Empire in the international economy . It has already been noted that in the period after 1890 the empire countries , together with other primary producers , had been drawn more and more into a worldwide trading network . Imperial ...
... Empire in the international economy . It has already been noted that in the period after 1890 the empire countries , together with other primary producers , had been drawn more and more into a worldwide trading network . Imperial ...
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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