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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... followed a policy of free trade , the majority of foreign countries and her own great colonies did not . Advantages and disadvantages followed from this , as she rose in these years to occupy a unique position in the world as the ...
... followed a policy of free trade , the majority of foreign countries and her own great colonies did not . Advantages and disadvantages followed from this , as she rose in these years to occupy a unique position in the world as the ...
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... followed and for the years 1885-6 and 1886-7 expenditure on naval construction rose to an average of £ 3,600,000 . By 1887-8 , however , this expenditure had dropped to under £ 3,000,000 , the total estimates being £ 1,000,000 less than ...
... followed and for the years 1885-6 and 1886-7 expenditure on naval construction rose to an average of £ 3,600,000 . By 1887-8 , however , this expenditure had dropped to under £ 3,000,000 , the total estimates being £ 1,000,000 less than ...
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... followed as to routes . Otherwise British seaborne trade might have come to a dead stop in view of the threat of German surface raiders.1 There are two possible views of Britain's pre - war preparations : the first , that , taking into ...
... followed as to routes . Otherwise British seaborne trade might have come to a dead stop in view of the threat of German surface raiders.1 There are two possible views of Britain's pre - war preparations : the first , that , taking into ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The AngloRussian agreement and its effects | 7 |
Britain as yet the only fully industrial state | 11 |
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