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The Railway King
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 258

The Railway King

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2016-11-10
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  • Publisher: Hachette UK

George Hudson - the eponymous Railway King - started his career with a stroke of luck, inheriting £27,000 (a fortune in 1827) from a distant relative. He invested successfully in the North Midland Railway, then formed his own Midland Railway, raising £5 million and bribing MPs along the way. But from his glory in 1845 he fell into disgrace, admitting corruption and selling land he did not own. He was eventually imprisoned in York Castle and died a broken man in 1871. His story provides an excellent insight into nineteenth-century politics and industrial progress, full of moral dilemmas and a testimony to the growth of the railways in Britain - a timely subject.

Silk and empire
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 224

Silk and empire

In this book, Brenda M. King challenges the notion that Britain always exploited its empire. Creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship were all part of the Anglo-Indian silk trade and were nurtured in the era of empire through mutually beneficial collaboration. The trade operated within and without the empire, according to its own dictates and prospered in the face of increasing competition from China and Japan. King presents a new picture of the trade, where the strong links between Indian designs, the English silk industry and prominent members of the English the arts and crafts movement led to the production of beautiful and luxurious textiles. Lavishly illustrated, this book will be of interest to those interested in the relationship between the British Empire and the Indian subcontinent, as well as by historians of textiles and fashion.

Hearings
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 2376

Hearings

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1958
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Nature
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 910

Nature

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1889
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Roberts Legacy
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 722

The Roberts Legacy

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1994
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Hearings
  • Language: en

Hearings

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1958
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Selected Roberts Papers
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 561

Selected Roberts Papers

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-07
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  • Publisher: iUniverse

This book describes seven generations of a single Roberts lineage in the Southern States. A selection of public and private papers is included which refl ects the times and the temperaments of the authors. The Roberts in this lineage crossed the Blue Ridge in 1770 and were British loyalists on the Virginia frontier at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. In the next three generations, the family settled in newly-opened Indian Territory in South Carolina, Georgia, and Mississippi, respectively. At the outbreak of the Civil War, the Roberts patriarch was a Unionist judge in Georgia, while the eldest son was a Secessionist attorney in Mississippi. The post War generations commenced with a lit...

Consular Reports
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 880

Consular Reports

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1899
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Consular Reports
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 840

Consular Reports

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1899
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Navy List
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1286

The Navy List

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1870
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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