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How the Old World Ended
Door Jonathan Scott
| Categorie | Algemeen Geschiedenis |
|---|---|
| Boeknummer | #421654 |
| Titel | How the Old World Ended |
| Auteur | Scott, Jonathan |
| Boektype | Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag |
| Uitgeverij | New Haven : Yale University Press |
| Jaar van uitgave | 2020 |
| ISBN10 | 0300243596 |
| ISBN13 | 9780300243598 |
| Taal | Engels |
| Beschrijving | Original green boards, dust jacket, map, 8vo. |
| Samenvatting | A magisterial account of how the cultural and maritime relationships between the British, Dutch and American territories changed the existing world order - and made the Industrial Revolution possible Between 1500 and 1800, the North Sea region overtook the Mediterranean as the most dynamic part of the world. At its core the Anglo-Dutch relationship intertwined close alliance and fierce antagonism to intense creative effect. But a precondition for the Industrial Revolution was also the establishment in British North America of a unique type of colony - for the settlement of people and culture, rather than the extraction of things. England's republican revolution of 1649-53 was a spectacular attempt to change social, political and moral life in the direction pioneered by the Dutch. In this wide-angled and arresting book Jonathan Scott argues that it was also a turning point in world history. In the revolution's wake, competition with the Dutch transformed the military-fiscal and naval resources of the state. One result was a navally protected Anglo-American trading monopoly. Within this context, more than a century later, the Industrial Revolution would be triggered by the alchemical power of American shopping |
| Pagina's | 409 |
| Conditie | Goed |
| Prijs | € 20,00 |
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