The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1940 - Commonwealth countries |
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Page 225
... COTTON 225 expansion of the British industry during the next decade maintained the stimulus . The Levant could not increase its shipments and Lancashire began to look for new sources of supply.1 It turned first to South America and ...
... COTTON 225 expansion of the British industry during the next decade maintained the stimulus . The Levant could not increase its shipments and Lancashire began to look for new sources of supply.1 It turned first to South America and ...
Page 227
... COTTON DUTIES 227 aggregate production had been declining steadily since the opening years of the century . During the quinquennium 1816-20 it was not half what it had been in 1803. In the succeeding decade it was to be halved again ...
... COTTON DUTIES 227 aggregate production had been declining steadily since the opening years of the century . During the quinquennium 1816-20 it was not half what it had been in 1803. In the succeeding decade it was to be halved again ...
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... Cotton : West Indian , 10 , 18 ; 12 ; 34 ; 50 ; 107 , 109 , 110 ; 126 , 127 ; 150 ; 481 ; 664 ; 670 , 671 ; growth ... cotton , 115 , ( 1813 and 1815 ) , 117 ; importance of , in Napoleon's failure , ib .; Levantine cottons , 117 , 118 ...
... Cotton : West Indian , 10 , 18 ; 12 ; 34 ; 50 ; 107 , 109 , 110 ; 126 , 127 ; 150 ; 481 ; 664 ; 670 , 671 ; growth ... cotton , 115 , ( 1813 and 1815 ) , 117 ; importance of , in Napoleon's failure , ib .; Levantine cottons , 117 , 118 ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
The Conflict with Revolutionary France 17931802 | 36 |
The Struggle with Napoleon 18031815 | 83 |
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