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 129
... export industries and upon Baltic masts and Dal- matian oak for its fleet , the threat was immense . Finally , reduced earnings from exports would deny London the currency needed to pay subsidies to any allies and to purchase goods for ...
... export industries and upon Baltic masts and Dal- matian oak for its fleet , the threat was immense . Finally , reduced earnings from exports would deny London the currency needed to pay subsidies to any allies and to purchase goods for ...
Page 244
... exports was the most significant change , the " transportation revolution " also boosted American farm exports . With the cost of carrying a bushel of wheat from Chicago to London plummeting from 40 cents to 10 cents in the half ...
... exports was the most significant change , the " transportation revolution " also boosted American farm exports . With the cost of carrying a bushel of wheat from Chicago to London plummeting from 40 cents to 10 cents in the half ...
Page 329
... exports over imports clearly showed that a breakup of the open world trading order would hurt its exporters more than any others . " The nation's GNP had plummeted from $ 98.4 billion in 1929 to barely half that three years later . The ...
... exports over imports clearly showed that a breakup of the open world trading order would hurt its exporters more than any others . " The nation's GNP had plummeted from $ 98.4 billion in 1929 to barely half that three years later . The ...
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