$23.41
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
16 May 2022
Summary
The Steam Age: How Power Reshaped the World
Steam power transformed the world, revolutionizing work, production, and transportation. This dramatic shift opened vast areas to European and American expansion on an unprecedented scale.
Unlocking the World tells the captivating history of the great port cities that emerged as bridgeheads of this new steam-driven economy. These cities reshaped trade, industry, culture, and politics in their regions, acting as agents of g…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781846140877 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1846140870 |
| Author: | John Darwin |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 16 May 2022 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 21mm |
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Critics Review
Striking … The work underlines how the past 50 years’ surge of globalisation has built on the previous wave that started nearly 200 years ago … A compelling picture of the societies that drove steam globalisation. – Robert Wright * Financial Times *In the great opening up of the world that is his subject, the port cities were the hinges … an enjoyable synthesis of a large body of scholarship. * The Economist *A fine, important and original book … wonderful. – Paul Kennedy * Literary Review *
About The Author
John Darwin
John Darwin was until his retirement last year Professor of Imperial and Global History at the University of Oxford. He is the author of After Tamerlane, Unfinished Empire and The Empire Project.
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