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Advantages and disadvantages followed from this , as she rose in these years to occupy a unique position in the world as the leading exporter , shipper and banker among the nations . That Great Britain was rising to , and holding ...
Advantages and disadvantages followed from this , as she rose in these years to occupy a unique position in the world as the leading exporter , shipper and banker among the nations . That Great Britain was rising to , and holding ...
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The conclusion that emerged from all these discussions was that the economic position of Britain was becoming too specialised , even perhaps too precarious , to admit of a change of policy , or to justify her taking any large risk in ...
The conclusion that emerged from all these discussions was that the economic position of Britain was becoming too specialised , even perhaps too precarious , to admit of a change of policy , or to justify her taking any large risk in ...
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Governments interfered very little , and monetary affairs were regulated by banks which had come to occupy a special position as central banks . The currencies of almost all countries stood in fixed and effective relationship to gold ...
Governments interfered very little , and monetary affairs were regulated by banks which had come to occupy a special position as central banks . The currencies of almost all countries stood in fixed and effective relationship to gold ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Cocoa palmoil The Colonial Office preserves peasant economy | 3 |
The AngloRussian agreement and its effects | 7 |
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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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