| Description |
xxix, 392 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits, (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Why Britain -- White plague -- Mission -- Heaven's breed -- Maxim force -- Empire for sale |
| Summary |
In this book Niall Ferguson argues that the British Empire should be regarded not merely as vanished Victoriana but as the very cradle of modernity. Nearly all the key features of the twenty-first-century world can be traced back to the extraordinary expansion of Britain's economy, population, and culture from the seventeenth century until the mid-twentieth--economic globalization, the communications revolution, the racial make-up of North America, the notion of humanitarianism, the nature of democracy. Ferguson shows that far from being a subject for nostalgia, the story of the Empire contains lessons for the world today--in particular for the United States as it stands on the brink of a new kind of imperial power based once again on economic and military supremacy |
| Analysis |
Great Britain |
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Colonies |
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International relations |
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Commonwealth countries |
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History |
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Statistics |
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International comparisons |
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Overseas item |
| Notes |
Originally published: London : Allen Lane, 2002 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [377]-383) and index |
| Subject |
Imperialism -- Government policy -- Great Britain -- History.
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Civilization, Modern -- British influences.
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Imperialism.
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| SUBJECT |
Commonwealth countries -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114747
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United Kingdom -- Colonies -- History.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056645
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056684
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Commonwealth countries. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85029004
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| LC no. |
2003041469 |
| ISBN |
0713996153 |
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0465023282 alkaline paper |
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