Heyday : the 1850s and the dawn of the global age
Wilson, Ben, 1980-2017
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This volume brings to life one of the most extraordinary periods in modern history. The 1850s was a decade of breathtaking transformation, with striking parallels for our own times. The world was reshaped by technology, trade, mass migration and war. The global economy expanded fivefold, millions of families emigrated to the ends of the earth to carve out new lives, technology revolutionised communications, while steamships and railways cut across vast continents and oceans, shrinking the world and creating the first global age.
Main title:
Heyday : the 1850s and the dawn of the global age / Ben Wilson.
Author:
Wilson, Ben, 1980-, author
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2017.
Collation:
xxxiv, 462 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2016.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780753829219 (pbk)
Dewey class:
941.08
LC class:
DA550
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1885790
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