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On the (Alleged) Failures of Victorian Britain - The Decline of the British Economy: An Institutional Perspective. By Bernard Elbaum and William Lazonick. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986. Pp. vii + 310. - Mammon and the Pursuit of Empire: The Political Economy of British Imperialism, 1860–1912. By Lance E. Davis and Robert A. Huttenback. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. Pp. x + 394. - Britain's Investment Overseas on the Eve of the First World War. By D. C. M. Platt. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986. Pp. xii + 179.

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The Decline of the British Economy: An Institutional Perspective. By Bernard Elbaum and William Lazonick. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986. Pp. vii + 310.
Mammon and the Pursuit of Empire: The Political Economy of British Imperialism, 1860–1912. By Lance E. Davis and Robert A. Huttenback. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. Pp. x + 394.
Britain's Investment Overseas on the Eve of the First World War. By D. C. M. Platt. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986. Pp. xii + 179.

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Journal of British Studies , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , January 1989 , pp. 89 - 95
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