The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 3John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians |
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Next in importance may rank the abandonment of the old mercantile system with
that central direction of commercial policy which for generations had seemed the
main compensation for the cares and burdens of empire . Almost simultaneous ...
Next in importance may rank the abandonment of the old mercantile system with
that central direction of commercial policy which for generations had seemed the
main compensation for the cares and burdens of empire . Almost simultaneous ...
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8 BRITISH IMPERIALISM The verdict of Midlothian and the radical - democratic
forces rising in British politics in 1880 seemed heralds of an era of imperial
consolidation and rapid liberalisation of the established order . Instead they
ushered in ...
8 BRITISH IMPERIALISM The verdict of Midlothian and the radical - democratic
forces rising in British politics in 1880 seemed heralds of an era of imperial
consolidation and rapid liberalisation of the established order . Instead they
ushered in ...
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For the moment , however , his personality seemed to dominate the ranks behind
him . Even Lord Salisbury had been drawn against persistent conviction to
countenance the Forward policy of those in his own party whom privately he still ...
For the moment , however , his personality seemed to dominate the ranks behind
him . Even Lord Salisbury had been drawn against persistent conviction to
countenance the Forward policy of those in his own party whom privately he still ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Dual character of the Empire by 1870 | 11 |
CHAPTER II | 17 |
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