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Page 55
... principal contacts with the outside world have been by means of sea routes , and since 1840 regular steamship links with Europe have always been important , even though these involved journeys around Cape Horn or through Magellan's ...
... principal contacts with the outside world have been by means of sea routes , and since 1840 regular steamship links with Europe have always been important , even though these involved journeys around Cape Horn or through Magellan's ...
Page 91
... principal mineral exports , and mainly as a result of two world wars . Before 1914 , most of the exports went to the United Kingdom ( 38 per cent ) and other European countries ( 33 per cent ) which had a monopoly over the nitrate ...
... principal mineral exports , and mainly as a result of two world wars . Before 1914 , most of the exports went to the United Kingdom ( 38 per cent ) and other European countries ( 33 per cent ) which had a monopoly over the nitrate ...
Page 96
... principal cause of the enormous rise in prices since 1939 has been the expansion of the money supply . The extent of the inflation may be gauged from these indices : All wholesale prices Cost of living 1937 100 100 1954 1,476 2,012 ...
... principal cause of the enormous rise in prices since 1939 has been the expansion of the money supply . The extent of the inflation may be gauged from these indices : All wholesale prices Cost of living 1937 100 100 1954 1,476 2,012 ...
Contents
Climate and Natural Regions | 5 |
THE PEOPLE | 12 |
HISTORY AND POLITICS | 29 |
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