The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 3John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth of Nations |
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Page 133
... Gladstone and his ministers , unable to agree on a positive policy , drifted into com- promises which led to extension of the Empire . Only Gladstone's prestige in the country , his infinite resourcefulness and marvellous ambiguity kept ...
... Gladstone and his ministers , unable to agree on a positive policy , drifted into com- promises which led to extension of the Empire . Only Gladstone's prestige in the country , his infinite resourcefulness and marvellous ambiguity kept ...
Page 170
... Gladstone's majority depended on the support of the Irish Nationalists . Until Gladstone's retirement in 1894 , he and his fellow anti - expansionists blocked Rosebery's execu- tion of Salisbury's African designs . They frustrated ...
... Gladstone's majority depended on the support of the Irish Nationalists . Until Gladstone's retirement in 1894 , he and his fellow anti - expansionists blocked Rosebery's execu- tion of Salisbury's African designs . They frustrated ...
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... Gladstone's second administration they were a constant topic and provoked many debates in the Cabinet in which the Colonial Secretary was sometimes overruled . In Gladstone's third government , it seems to have been hard to get Cabinets ...
... Gladstone's second administration they were a constant topic and provoked many debates in the Cabinet in which the Colonial Secretary was sometimes overruled . In Gladstone's third government , it seems to have been hard to get Cabinets ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Dual character of the Empire by 1870 | 11 |
CHAPTER II | 17 |
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