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 157
... increasing de- pendence of the British economy upon international trade and , more important , international finance . By the middle decades of the nine- teenth century , exports composed as much as one - fifth of total national income ...
... increasing de- pendence of the British economy upon international trade and , more important , international finance . By the middle decades of the nine- teenth century , exports composed as much as one - fifth of total national income ...
Page 266
... increasing amounts of British shipping , without which most of this movement of goods could not have been carried out ; and in the supply of foodstuffs . This last - named category seems a curious defect in a country which in peacetime ...
... increasing amounts of British shipping , without which most of this movement of goods could not have been carried out ; and in the supply of foodstuffs . This last - named category seems a curious defect in a country which in peacetime ...
Page 434
... increasing payments deficit did see some gold draining out of the United States by the late 1950s , most foreign governments were content to hold more dollars ( that being the leading reserve currency ) rather than demand payment in ...
... increasing payments deficit did see some gold draining out of the United States by the late 1950s , most foreign governments were content to hold more dollars ( that being the leading reserve currency ) rather than demand payment in ...
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