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Page 196
All the great colonies and India were building railways ; in South Africa diamond
and , later , gold mines were being exploited ; in India and Ceylon were tea and
coffee plantations , and in Malaya tin mines . New beginnings were being made ...
All the great colonies and India were building railways ; in South Africa diamond
and , later , gold mines were being exploited ; in India and Ceylon were tea and
coffee plantations , and in Malaya tin mines . New beginnings were being made ...
Page 245
By 1904 the Admiralty recognised that , owing to the submarine ( and the mine ) ,
close blockade was no longer feasible , and that capital ships must have still
greater underwater protection . Conversely , however , the submarine gave some
...
By 1904 the Admiralty recognised that , owing to the submarine ( and the mine ) ,
close blockade was no longer feasible , and that capital ships must have still
greater underwater protection . Conversely , however , the submarine gave some
...
Page 368
But he knew that the mines were , nevertheless , the key to prosperity , and
labour in the mines was the crux of reconstruction . The wealth of the Rand must
be the means of raising the standards of life and civilisation , and , by that “ lift ” ,
of ...
But he knew that the mines were , nevertheless , the key to prosperity , and
labour in the mines was the crux of reconstruction . The wealth of the Rand must
be the means of raising the standards of life and civilisation , and , by that “ lift ” ,
of ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Dual character of the Empire by 1870 | 11 |
CHAPTER II | 17 |
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 3 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Arthur Percival Newton |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 1959 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 30 Jan 2007 |
| Length | 948 pages |
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