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"On the whole British manufacturers did reasonably well in adapting to a much more competitive international market after 1870" (G. Magee, 2004). Critically review this summary of British industrial performance between 1870 and 1914. After 1870 many of the dominating world powers had undergone the process of industrialisation, a process that had primarily started with Britain. Industrialisation brought with it problems for the British industrial market. With other countries using the same and sometimes even more advanced methods of producing manufactured goods, Britain was beginning to lose its international dominance in the market. Slowly other countries were beginning to catch up and in the case of Germany and the United States of America were even able to overtake the success experienced by Britain. In all of this it is fair to say that the British manufacturing industry suffered a decline. However, the question is asking whether British manufacturers did reasonably...

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