The Cambridge History of the British Empire: The growth of the new Empire, l783-1870Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians The University Press, 1940 - Great Britain |
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... cotton in 1761 and that none of the old Plantations had sent any appreciable quantity.1 Although her total import of cotton was still small , averaging about 4,750,000 lb. a year from 1771 to 1775 , England had already become something ...
... cotton in 1761 and that none of the old Plantations had sent any appreciable quantity.1 Although her total import of cotton was still small , averaging about 4,750,000 lb. a year from 1771 to 1775 , England had already become something ...
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... cotton was not what the spinners wanted ; so in 1792 the shipments were discontinued for a time . Brazil was not yet sending very much or very good cotton . The ten years from the Treaty of Versailles to the outbreak of the war with ...
... cotton was not what the spinners wanted ; so in 1792 the shipments were discontinued for a time . Brazil was not yet sending very much or very good cotton . The ten years from the Treaty of Versailles to the outbreak of the war with ...
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... Cotton : West Indian , 10 , 18 ; 12 ; 34 ; 50 ; 107 , 109 , 110 ; 126 , 127 ; 150 ; 481 ; 664 ; 670 , 671 ; growth of industry in Lancashire and Lanark , 50 ; 112 ; American , 50 , 481 ; British Guiana , 65 , 84 , 483 ; prospects in ...
... Cotton : West Indian , 10 , 18 ; 12 ; 34 ; 50 ; 107 , 109 , 110 ; 126 , 127 ; 150 ; 481 ; 664 ; 670 , 671 ; growth of industry in Lancashire and Lanark , 50 ; 112 ; American , 50 , 481 ; British Guiana , 65 , 84 , 483 ; prospects in ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
The Conflict with Revolutionary France 17931802 | 36 |
The Struggle with Napoleon 18031815 | 83 |
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