Empire the rise and demise of the British world order and the lessons for global power
Empire: the rise and demise of the British world order and the lessons for global power

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,...

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1. Verfasser: Ferguson, Niall 1964- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Basic Books 2004
Ausgabe:1. U.S. paperback ed.
Schlagworte:
Commonwealth
Geschichte
Internationalisatie
Außenpolitik
Globalisierung
Kolonie
Civilization, Modern > British influences
Imperialism
Kolonialismus
Imperialismus
Großbritannien
Commonwealth countries
Great Britain > Colonies > History
Great Britain > Foreign relations
Zusammenfassung: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
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
Beschreibung:XXVI, 351 S., [8] Bl. Ill.
ISBN:0465023290
0713996153
0465023282

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