The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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Page 770
... increased demand was the more general effect of the increase in gold supplies on prices and the rate of interest . There was a rapid increase in the amount of capital available in London , due not only to the increased import of gold ...
... increased demand was the more general effect of the increase in gold supplies on prices and the rate of interest . There was a rapid increase in the amount of capital available in London , due not only to the increased import of gold ...
Page 775
... increased cotton exports went mainly into demand in the Indian home market , and the increased export of cotton from India did not immediately provoke an increased demand for British goods . The large purchases of Indian cotton , which ...
... increased cotton exports went mainly into demand in the Indian home market , and the increased export of cotton from India did not immediately provoke an increased demand for British goods . The large purchases of Indian cotton , which ...
Page 791
... increased competition for freight would seriously raise the cost of railway construction , freight rates down to 1860 seem to have varied little year by year . The balance of trade was always so much against the United Kingdom that ...
... increased competition for freight would seriously raise the cost of railway construction , freight rates down to 1860 seem to have varied little year by year . The balance of trade was always so much against the United Kingdom that ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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