Set in a Silver SeaDoubleday, 1968 - 359 pages A social history of England from the days of the first Stuart king, James, when England was largely an agricultural and rural country, through the reign of Queen Victoria, when England had become the world's foremost industrial and Imperial giant. |
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Page 92
... cottons of India . Raw cotton , it was found , could be grown with slave labour on the plantations of the southern American col- onies . The Lancashire climate , the traditional skill of English spin- ners and weavers and the ...
... cottons of India . Raw cotton , it was found , could be grown with slave labour on the plantations of the southern American col- onies . The Lancashire climate , the traditional skill of English spin- ners and weavers and the ...
Page 267
... cotton fabrics from the West Riding expanded from 2,400,000 to 42,115,000 yards . In that torrent of opportunity ... cotton . In the late eighteen - twenties Britain imported annually an average of 100,000 tons of cotton , ten years ...
... cotton fabrics from the West Riding expanded from 2,400,000 to 42,115,000 yards . In that torrent of opportunity ... cotton . In the late eighteen - twenties Britain imported annually an average of 100,000 tons of cotton , ten years ...
Page 268
... cotton . Any policy that tended to check its imports of raw cotton was opposed to its interests . For centuries the policy of England had been based on the protection of the industry on which the health , social well- being and safety ...
... cotton . Any policy that tended to check its imports of raw cotton was opposed to its interests . For centuries the policy of England had been based on the protection of the industry on which the health , social well- being and safety ...
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The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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