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- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
17 May 2022
Summary
The dramatic story of how steam power reshaped our cities and our seas, and forged a new world order
Steam power transformed our world. It revolutionized work and production, but also the ease and cost of movement over land and water. The result was to throw open vast areas of the world to the rampaging expansion of Europeans and Americans on a scale previously unimaginable.
Unlocking the World is the captivating history of the great port cities which emerged as the b…
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: | 17 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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