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The gap between Britain and her neighbours , which was once assumed to have been the product of an exceptional surge in growth taking place during the reigns of George III and his sons , must now appear to have opened up much earlier .
The gap between Britain and her neighbours , which was once assumed to have been the product of an exceptional surge in growth taking place during the reigns of George III and his sons , must now appear to have opened up much earlier .
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a abroad in tandem with their civilian counterparts at home , yet the five decades after 1780 witnessed an intensification of protest and labour discipline both among domestic workers , and among Britain's imperial soldiery overseas .
a abroad in tandem with their civilian counterparts at home , yet the five decades after 1780 witnessed an intensification of protest and labour discipline both among domestic workers , and among Britain's imperial soldiery overseas .
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Britain's imperial territories were not to be viewed as a congerie of different nations ' held together by force ' ( though he was uncertain about India in this respect ) . Rather the empire constituted ' one nation , as much as if it ...
Britain's imperial territories were not to be viewed as a congerie of different nations ' held together by force ' ( though he was uncertain about India in this respect ) . Rather the empire constituted ' one nation , as much as if it ...
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