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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Main Author:	Ferguson, Niall 1964- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York Basic Books 2004
Edition:	1. U.S. paperback ed.
Subjects:	Commonwealth Geschichte Internationalisatie Außenpolitik Globalisierung Kolonie Civilization, Modern > British influences Imperialism Kolonialismus Imperialismus Großbritannien Commonwealth countries Great Britain > Colonies > History Great Britain > Foreign relations
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 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
Physical Description:	XXVI, 351 S., [8] Bl. Ill.
ISBN:	0465023290 0713996153 0465023282