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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While the west remained the home of legitimacy and the south was conspicuous for Bonapartist , Republican and economic discontent , Paris in June 1832 had to be placed in a state of siege — a step which happily revealed the unsuspected ...
While the west remained the home of legitimacy and the south was conspicuous for Bonapartist , Republican and economic discontent , Paris in June 1832 had to be placed in a state of siege — a step which happily revealed the unsuspected ...
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But though momentary execution wavered , the main principles remained unchanged and chief of all was loyalty to Britain . Napoleon's proposal that against Russia Britain should provide the fleet and France the army ought to have driven ...
But though momentary execution wavered , the main principles remained unchanged and chief of all was loyalty to Britain . Napoleon's proposal that against Russia Britain should provide the fleet and France the army ought to have driven ...
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While the adoption of joint - stock organisation in domestic production was gradually dissociating the ownership of capital from its management , the great East India merchants remained at once capitalists and entrepreneurs .
While the adoption of joint - stock organisation in domestic production was gradually dissociating the ownership of capital from its management , the great East India merchants remained at once capitalists and entrepreneurs .
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Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
The Conflict with Revolutionary France 17931802 | 36 |
The Struggle with Napoleon 18031815 | 83 |
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