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 96
... colonial and commercial ventures in the West Indies , North America , the Indian subcontinent , and the Far East ... colonial territories in war , to the country's political and economic benefit . Trade , colonies , and the navy thus ...
... colonial and commercial ventures in the West Indies , North America , the Indian subcontinent , and the Far East ... colonial territories in war , to the country's political and economic benefit . Trade , colonies , and the navy thus ...
Page 220
... colonial territories , and it possessed indisputably the largest overseas empire after Britain's . Although the commerce of those lands was not great , France had built up a considerable colonial army and an array of prime naval bases ...
... colonial territories , and it possessed indisputably the largest overseas empire after Britain's . Although the commerce of those lands was not great , France had built up a considerable colonial army and an array of prime naval bases ...
Page 287
... colonial order and a desire to transform it into something else . Neither of them , for a variety of reasons , could prevent the further extension of that colonial order under the League mandates ; but their rhetoric and influence ...
... colonial order and a desire to transform it into something else . Neither of them , for a variety of reasons , could prevent the further extension of that colonial order under the League mandates ; but their rhetoric and influence ...
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