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Ben Wilson / Heyday The 1850s and the Dawn of the Global Age 2016

Description: Heyday: The 1850s and the Dawn of the Global Age Author: Ben Wilson Title: Heyday: The 1850s and the Dawn of the Global Age Publication: Basic Books, 2016 Description: Hardcover. New tightly bound hardcover in a new dust jacket. 8vo. ( ‎ 6.25 x 2 x 9.5 inches) Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes chronology, index, full color photo plates, and B&W illustrations throughout. 520 pp.Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. New / New. 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. Seller ID: 2317 Subject: Economy, Global Politics , Ships / Maritime , World History The Anthropologists Closet offers a wide variety of non-fiction academic books that are hard to find. We have been in business since 2014. Terms All orders ship within two business days.  All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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Author: Ben Wilson

Publisher: Basic Books

Year Printed: 2016

Special Attributes: Dust Jacket

Binding: Hardcover

Language: English

Subject: History

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