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The British Empire was the major in all background: the nearest thing to global domination ever achieved. The earth we realize today is in large measure the product of Britain's years of empire. The global spread of capitalism, telecommunications, the English words, and the corporations of representative authorities - all these can be traced back again to the extraordinary expansion of Britain's economy, inhabitants, and culture from the 17th century before mid-20th. On a great and vividly coloured canvas, Empire shows how the British Empire acted as midwife to modernity. Showing the originality and rigor which may have made him the brightest light among British isles historians, Ferguson shows that far from being truly a subject for nostalgia, the storyline of the Empire is pregnant with lessons for the globe today - specifically for america as it stands on the brink of a fresh kind of imperial ability. A dazzling tour de pressure, Empire is a exceptional reappraisal of the prizes and pitfalls of global empire.
