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Geography is destiny : Britain and the world : a 10,000-year history
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Geography is destiny : Britain and the world : a 10,000-year history / Ian Morris.
ISBN
9780374157272
0374157278
Edition
First American edition.
Publication
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022.
Copyright Notice Date
©2022
Physical Description
570 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Summary
"In the wake of Brexit, Ian Morris chronicles the eight-thousand-year history of Britain's relationship to Europe as it has changed in the context of a globalizing world"-- Provided by publisher.
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Geography is destiny : Britain and the world : a ten thousand year history
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 09, 2022
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-537) and index.
Contents
Introduction
Part I: The Hereford map, 6,000 BCE-1497 CE. Thatcher's law, 6000-4000 BCE ; Europe's poor cousin, 4000-55 BCE ; Empire, 55 BCE-410 CE ; The original European union, 410-973 ; United kingdoms, 973-1497
Part II: Mackinder's map, 1497-1945. Englexit, 1497-1713 ; The pivot, 1713-1815 ; Wider still and wider, 1815-65 ; The new world steps forth, 1865-1945
Part III: The money map, 1945-2103. The very point of junction, 1945-91 ; Keep calm and carry on, 1992-2013 ; Can't go home again, 2017.
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