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How the old world ended
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- Book Synopsis
- 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
- About The Author
- Jonathan Scott is Professor of History at the University of Auckland. His previous publications include England's Troubles and When the Waves Ruled Britannia.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780300243598
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Yale University Press, (05 November 2019)
- Number of Pages
- 392
- Weight
- 838 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 235 x 156 x 37 mm
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