Empire
The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power
New York : Basic Books, 2004.
Format: Book
Edition: First U.S. paperback edition.
Description: xxvi, 351 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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.
Contents:
Why Britain -- White plague -- Mission -- Heaven's breed -- Maxim force -- Empire for sale.
Subjects:
Civilization, Modern -- British influences.
Imperialism.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- History.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations.
Commonwealth countries.
Civilization, Modern -- British influences.
Imperialism.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- History.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations.
Commonwealth countries.
ISBN:
0465023290
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-335) and index.