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 181
... position , her industrial leadership , her far- extended possessions and her growing store of loanable capital gave her during this period a position of signal influence and import- ance . Peace was her prime interest , for it was the ...
... position , her industrial leadership , her far- extended possessions and her growing store of loanable capital gave her during this period a position of signal influence and import- ance . Peace was her prime interest , for it was the ...
Page 224
... position as central banks . The currencies of almost all countries stood in fixed and effective relationship to gold , either direct or through sterling , and the various money markets were closely responsive to one another . There was ...
... position as central banks . The currencies of almost all countries stood in fixed and effective relationship to gold , either direct or through sterling , and the various money markets were closely responsive to one another . There was ...
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... position . Russia's policy in China , as elsewhere , was backed by France and Germany ; even with Austria , after ... position at the Straits , were not , in his view , expendable ; unlike the British position in Egypt and the Sudan ...
... position . Russia's policy in China , as elsewhere , was backed by France and Germany ; even with Austria , after ... position at the Straits , were not , in his view , expendable ; unlike the British position in Egypt and the Sudan ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The AngloRussian agreement and its effects | 7 |
Britain as yet the only fully industrial state | 11 |
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