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This celebrated and seminal text examines the industrial revolution, from its genesis in pre-industrial Britain, through its development and into maturity. A chapter-by-chapter analysis explores topics such as economic growth, agriculture, trade finance, labour and transport.

Table of Contents: The English heritage Colonial government, colonial courts and the New Zealand experience Development of the law in New Zealand Maori and the law, 1840 - 2000 The courts and the judiciary The legal profession.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1836.

"This is a Borzoi book"--Copyright page.

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For three hundred years or more the Royal Navy really did Rule the Waves, in the sense that during the numerous wars with our overseas enemies, British fleets and individual ships more often than not emerged victorious from combat. One French Admiral wa