Empire : how Britain made the modern world
Ferguson, Niall, 1964-2003
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Accompanying a Channel Four television series, this text shows on a vast canvas how the British Empire in the 19th century spearheaded real globalization 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:
London : Allen Lane, 2003.
Collation:
xxv, 392 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims. (chiefly col.), col. maps, ports. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Notes:
TV tie-in.Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-383) and index.
ISBN:
9780713996159 (hbk)0713996153 (hbk)
Dewey class:
325.3'41
Language:
English
BRN:
82164
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