Empire : how Britain made the modern world
Ferguson, Niall2018
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Niall Ferguson recreates the excitement, brutality and adventure of the British Empire, showing 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.
Main title:
Empire : how Britain made the modern world / Niall Ferguson.
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Imprint:
UK : Penguin Books, [2018]UK : Penguin Books, [2018]
Collation:
xxviii, 422 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Allen Lane, 2003.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780141987910 (pbk)
Dewey class:
325.341
Language:
English
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BRN:
2022502