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Empire: How Britain Made The Modern World - Niall Ferguson
Empire: How Britain Made The Modern World
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This astoundingly successful, superbly reviewed book vividly recreates the excitement, brutality and adventure of the British Empire. Ferguson's most revolutionary and popular work, "Empire" is a major reinterpretation of the British Empire as one of the world's greatest modernising forces. It... show more
This astoundingly successful, superbly reviewed book vividly recreates the excitement, brutality and adventure of the British Empire. Ferguson's most revolutionary and popular work, "Empire" is a major reinterpretation of the British Empire as one of the world's greatest modernising forces. It shows on a vast canvas how the British Empire in the 19th Century spearheaded real globalisation with steampower, telegraphs, guns, engineers, missionaries and millions of settlers.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780141007540 (0141007540)
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 422
Edition language: English
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5.0 Empire How Britain Made the Modern World
only a few non-fiction writers can put out four full books on varying topics that are all brilliant? Ferguson--at his best--is hypnotic; at his worst (his economic books?), he seems to just be creating long lists of phenomenon. EMPIRE and [b:Civilization|357636|Civilization and Its Discontents|Sigmu...
The Library of Babel
The Library of Babel rated it
3.0 Niall Ferguson - Empire
I swear I will write a proper review as soon as possible.Good but extremely partial book.Ferguson did his homework and reveals a good deal of interesting stuff on the rise and fall of the British Empire.However, the author does indulge way too much in justifying British colonialism.Take the episode ...
Philosophical Musings of a Book Nerd
Philosophical Musings of a Book Nerd rated it
4.5 An entertaining account of British Imperial history
This book is brilliant. I first learnt of the author, Professor Niall Ferguson, when I watched the series called 'The Ascent of Money' and then read the book that the series was based upon. So, when I saw this book in the bookstore it was an automatic purchase. Like 'The Ascent of Money' Professor ...
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