Author: James Brooks
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Category : Voyages around the world
Languages : en
Pages : 410

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Author: Joyce E. Chaplin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416596208
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 560

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Originally published in hardcover in 2012.

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Languages : en
Pages : 532

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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2162

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Author: L. Muhlbach
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382183129
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Author: Boston Public Library. Roxbury branch
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 308

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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 854

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Author: Ben Wilson
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465098703
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 517

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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. The 1850s were witness to the laying of the first undersea cable in 1851, the rush for gold from California to Australia, and fleets of pirate vessels docked in Hong Kong harbor, eager to take advantage of booming trade. The West's insatiable hunger for land, natural resources, and new markets encouraged free trade, bold exploration, and colonization like never before. Buoyed by supreme self-confidence -- as well as new technologies of war -- nations clashed across the globe, and indigenous peoples fell victim to an assurgent West. Reckless economic expansion led to lasting ecological damage, and to the demise of local cultures which could not keep pace with the blistering pace of capitalism and free trade. In Heyday we encounter Muslim guerrilla fighters in the Caucasus Mountains and freelance empire-builders in the jungles of Nicaragua, British free trade zealots preying on China and samurai warriors resisting Western incursions in Japan. A dazzling history of a tumultuous decade, Heyday traces the origins of our globalized world order.

Author: D. Appleton and Company
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Category : Publishers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 110

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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 874

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