The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000About national and international power in the "modern" or Post Renaissance period. Explains how the various powers have risen and fallen over the 5 centuries since the formation of the "new monarchies" in W. Europe. |
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Page 156
... income to Britain from such interest and divi- dends , which had totaled a handy £ 8 million each year in the late 1830s , was over £ 50 million a year by the 1870s ; but most of that was promptly reinvested overseas , in a sort of ...
... income to Britain from such interest and divi- dends , which had totaled a handy £ 8 million each year in the late 1830s , was over £ 50 million a year by the 1870s ; but most of that was promptly reinvested overseas , in a sort of ...
Page 230
... income in taxes , and spending so little of the national income for government purposes . Even in 1913 , total central and local government expenditure equaled only 12.3 percent of GNP . Thus , although Britain was one of the heaviest ...
... income in taxes , and spending so little of the national income for government purposes . Even in 1913 , total central and local government expenditure equaled only 12.3 percent of GNP . Thus , although Britain was one of the heaviest ...
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... income , in absolute figures and per capita , was so far above everybody else's by 1914.156 Table 21. National Income , Population , and per Capita Income of the Powers in 1914 National Income Population Per Capita Income United States ...
... income , in absolute figures and per capita , was so far above everybody else's by 1914.156 Table 21. National Income , Population , and per Capita Income of the Powers in 1914 National Income Population Per Capita Income United States ...
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World Power Centers in the Sixteenth Century | 5 |
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The Political Divisions of Europe in the Sixteenth Century | 18 |
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