{"product_id":"empire-the-rise-and-demise-of-the-british-world-order-and-the-lessons-for-global-power-paperback-1","title":"Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNiall Ferguson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bestselling historian shows how the British Empire created the modern world \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Scrupulous scholarship and a rattling good tale.\" --\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The British Empire was the largest in all history: the nearest thing to global domination ever achieved. The world we know today is in large measure the product of Britain's Age of Empire. The global spread of capitalism, telecommunications, the English language, and institutions of representative government--all these can be traced back to the extraordinary expansion of Britain's economy, population, and culture from the seventeenth century until the mid-twentieth. On a vast and vividly colored canvas, \u003ci\u003eEmpire \u003c\/i\u003eshows how the British Empire acted as midwife to modernity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Displaying the originality and rigor that have made Niall Ferguson one of the world's foremost historians, \u003ci\u003eEmpire \u003c\/i\u003eis a dazzling tour de force--a remarkable reappraisal of the prizes and pitfalls of global empire.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNiall Ferguson \u003c\/b\u003eis a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, former Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and current senior fellow at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University, a visiting professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing, and founder and managing director of advisory firm Greenmantle LLC. He is the author of several \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestsellers, \u003ci\u003eThe Ascent of Money\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCivilization\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe War of the World\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.2 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45761923383493,"sku":"9780465023295","price":29.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/38tzp9Fow69780465023295.webp?v=1781240226","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/empire-the-rise-and-demise-of-the-british-world-order-and-the-lessons-for-global-power-paperback-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}