Heyday : The 1850s and the Dawn of the Global Age
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Heyday brings to life one of the most extraordinary periods in modern history. Over the course of the 1850s, 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 revolutionized how people communicated, and a steamships and railways cut across vast continents and oceans, shrinking the world and creating the first global age. It was a decade of breathtaking and remorseless transformation, fueled by the promise of exponential progress. In Heyday, the acclaimed historian Ben Wilson recreates this time of explosive energy and dizzying change, a rollercoaster ride of booms and busts.
العنوانHeyday : The 1850s and the Dawn of the Global Age
مؤلف
الطبعةFirst
مكان النشرNew York
الناشرBasic Books
سنة النشر2016
19th century
التوريق477 p.
إيضاحاتIllus., black and white photographs and maps
الأبعاد16.5 x 24.3 cm
مادةbook
D389 .W5 2016
ردمك978-0-465-06425-0
ملاحظاتThe Brunel Institute
الموضوعBritish Empire, Economic History, Victorian