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. "From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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Page 233
... railway network , already some 31,000 miles in 1900 , was constantly augmented , so that by 1914 it was close to 46,000 miles . Foreign trade , stabilized by Russia's going onto the gold standard in 1892 , nearly tripled between 1890 ...
... railway network , already some 31,000 miles in 1900 , was constantly augmented , so that by 1914 it was close to 46,000 miles . Foreign trade , stabilized by Russia's going onto the gold standard in 1892 , nearly tripled between 1890 ...
Page 239
... railway system were examined in detail . Although the overall mileage of the railway network by 1914 seemed impressive , once it was set against the immense distances of the Rus- sian Empire - or compared with the much denser systems of ...
... railway system were examined in detail . Although the overall mileage of the railway network by 1914 seemed impressive , once it was set against the immense distances of the Rus- sian Empire - or compared with the much denser systems of ...
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... railway works , and steel mills . There was a basic infrastructure of railways , roads , and telegraph lines . There were industrial workers who could return to the factories once the civil war was over . And there was an established ...
... railway works , and steel mills . There was a basic infrastructure of railways , roads , and telegraph lines . There were industrial workers who could return to the factories once the civil war was over . And there was an established ...
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World Power Centers in the Sixteenth Century | 5 |
The Political Divisions of Europe in the Sixteenth Century | 18 |
TABLES CHARTS TABLES | 29 |
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