The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 3John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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With free trade in the ascendant and colonial rivalries abated , the British Empire
seemed likely to resolve itself into a partnership of free nations having
insignificant responsibilities outside their own borders except to guard the routes
of ocean ...
With free trade in the ascendant and colonial rivalries abated , the British Empire
seemed likely to resolve itself into a partnership of free nations having
insignificant responsibilities outside their own borders except to guard the routes
of ocean ...
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John Bright in the Cabinet seemed a portent ... 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 .
John Bright in the Cabinet seemed a portent ... 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 .
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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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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 3 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1929 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 5 Mar 2009 |
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