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... million tons in 1880 to 287 million tons in 1913. It is worth emphasising that much of the expansion was in overseas markets : as in cotton textiles the last prewar year was one of record exports with one - third of total output being ...
... million tons in 1880 to 287 million tons in 1913. It is worth emphasising that much of the expansion was in overseas markets : as in cotton textiles the last prewar year was one of record exports with one - third of total output being ...
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... million in 1854 the cumulative total of British overseas assets had grown to £ 4,107 million by 1914,59 most of it in the form of passive portfolio investment for the financing of railway construction and other social overhead capital ...
... million in 1854 the cumulative total of British overseas assets had grown to £ 4,107 million by 1914,59 most of it in the form of passive portfolio investment for the financing of railway construction and other social overhead capital ...
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... million , heralded the emergence of a ' dollar problem ' in the network of international payments which was to be a source of weakness for Britain in later years . The growing economic dependence on India was one consequence of this ...
... million , heralded the emergence of a ' dollar problem ' in the network of international payments which was to be a source of weakness for Britain in later years . The growing economic dependence on India was one consequence of this ...
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2nd series American Bacon and Eltis balance of payments Bank of England Blackaby boom Bretton Woods Britain Britain's economic British economy British industry British Overseas Cambridge capital cent Coalmining Industry competition considerable cost cotton countries country's currency current account D. H. Aldcroft De-industrialisation decline deficit depression dollar economic growth Economic History Review economic policy empire employment Europe European exchange expenditure factors favour foreign Germany gold standard government's Howson ibid Imperial Preference important income increased inflation international economy interwar period J. M. Keynes John Maynard Keynes Keynes lend-lease loan London major manufacturing industry ment million Moggridge Monetary Policy multilateral organisation output political position postwar prewar primary producing problem programme protectionism rate of growth recovery reduction reproduced by permission rise Robert Skidelsky role Second Labour Government sector Skidelsky staple industries Sterling Area structure Table reproduced tariff trade union Treasury