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At the end of the nineteenth century Great Britain was still generally regarded as the most powerful state in the world. The country had to give up a great deal of ground in the twentieth century. At this moment Great Britain has descended to a middle-position in the world economy, with some peaks, such as the financial services in the City of London.
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Musterd, S., Ostendorf, W., Breebaart, M. (1998). Great Britain: London and Manchester. In: Multi-Ethnic Metropolis: Patterns and Policies. The GeoJournal Library, vol 43. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2365-7_5
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