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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... merchants had branches or agencies in the colonies . The planters secured advances from the merchants against the produce before it was shipped . If the crop was a poor one , or prices fell in the home markets , the planter found ...
... merchants had branches or agencies in the colonies . The planters secured advances from the merchants against the produce before it was shipped . If the crop was a poor one , or prices fell in the home markets , the planter found ...
Page 486
... merchant's main concern was that as much produce as possible should be extracted from the soil and exported , irrespective of its cost of production or its profitableness to the planter . Edwards describes a class of merchants who lent ...
... merchant's main concern was that as much produce as possible should be extracted from the soil and exported , irrespective of its cost of production or its profitableness to the planter . Edwards describes a class of merchants who lent ...
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... merchants might maintain their factories at their own risk , receiving a small money grant from Parliament and certain arms and munitions for their defence . The transfer of the forts to the merchants took place in 1828 , and so things ...
... merchants might maintain their factories at their own risk , receiving a small money grant from Parliament and certain arms and munitions for their defence . The transfer of the forts to the merchants took place in 1828 , and so things ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
The Conflict with Revolutionary France 17931802 | 36 |
The Struggle with Napoleon 18031815 | 83 |
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