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Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power Paperback - 2004

by Niall Ferguson

This grand narrative history of the world's first experiment in globalization offers lessons for an ever-expanding American Empire--from England's most talented young historian.


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A bestselling historian shows how the British Empire created the modern world, in a book lauded as a rattling good tale (Wall Street Journal) and popular history at its best (Washington Post) The British Empire was the largest in all history: the nearest thing to global domination ever achieved. The world we know today is in large measure the product of Britain's Age of Empire. The global spread of capitalism, telecommunications, the English language, and institutions of representative government -- all these can be traced back to the extraordinary expansion of Britain's economy, population and culture from the seventeenth century until the mid-twentieth. On a vast and vividly colored canvas, Empire shows how the British Empire acted as midwife to modernity. Displaying the originality and rigor that have made Niall Ferguson one of the world's foremost historians, Empire is a dazzling tour de force -- a remarkable reappraisal of the prizes and pitfalls of global empire.

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In December 1663 a Welshman called Henry Morgan sailed five hundred miles across the Caribbean to mount a spectacular raid on a Spanish outpost called Gran Grenada, to the north of Lago de Nicaragua.

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  • Title Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power
  • Author Niall Ferguson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Basic Books, New York
  • Date April 13, 2004
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • ISBN 9780465023295 / 0465023290
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6 x 1.2 in (23.37 x 15.24 x 3.05 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress subjects Great Britain - Foreign relations, Imperialism
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003041469
  • Dewey Decimal Code 909.097

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Niall Ferguson is one of the world's most renowned historians and author of numerous books, including The Square and the Tower, The Ascent of Money, and Civilization. He is Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing.
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