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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... percent ; in the next thirty years , British industrial expansion pushed that figure to 19.9 percent , despite the spread of the new technology to other countries in the West . Around 1860 , which was probably when the country reached ...
... percent ; in the next thirty years , British industrial expansion pushed that figure to 19.9 percent , despite the spread of the new technology to other countries in the West . Around 1860 , which was probably when the country reached ...
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... percent . " 94 After some years of paralysis , the 1935 decision to deflate heavily dealt a blow to the sagging ... percent of its 1928 level , French indus- trial production was only 83 percent of that a decade earlier , steel output a ...
... percent . " 94 After some years of paralysis , the 1935 decision to deflate heavily dealt a blow to the sagging ... percent of its 1928 level , French indus- trial production was only 83 percent of that a decade earlier , steel output a ...
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... percent of British exports , was cut by two - thirds ; coal , which provided another 10 percent of exports , dropped by one - fifth ; shipbuilding was so badly hit that in 1933 production fell to 7 percent of its prewar figure ; steel ...
... percent of British exports , was cut by two - thirds ; coal , which provided another 10 percent of exports , dropped by one - fifth ; shipbuilding was so badly hit that in 1933 production fell to 7 percent of its prewar figure ; steel ...
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