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Empire：The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power

内容简介

"Asplendidhistory....IfAmericanswanttobeconvincedofthebenefitsofempire,aswellasapprisedofitscosts,theyneedmerelypickupFerguson'sdazzlingbook."--WeeklyStandardTheBritishEmpirewasthelargestinallhistory:thenearestthingtoworlddominationeverachieved.BytheeveofWorldWarII,aroundaquarteroftheworld'slandsurfacewasundersomeformofBritishrule.Yetfortoday'sgeneration,theBritishEmpireseemsaVictorianirrelevance.Thetimeisripeforareappraisal,andinEmpire,NiallFergusonboldlyrecaststheBritishEmpireasoneoftheworld'sgreatestmodernizingforces.Animportantnewworkofsynthesisandrevision,EmpirearguesthattheworldweknowtodayisinlargemeasuretheproductofBritain'sAgeofEmpire.Thespreadofcapitalism,thecommunicationsrevolution,thenotionofhumanitarianism,andtheinstitutionsofparliamentarydemocracy-allthesecanbetracedbacktotheextraordinaryexpansionofBritain'seconomy,population,andculturefromtheseventeenthcenturyuntilthemid-twentieth.Onavastandvividlycoloredcanvas,EmpireshowshowtheBritishEmpireactedasmidwifetomodernity.DisplayingtheoriginalityandrigorthathavemadehimthebrightestlightamongBritishhistorians,FergusonshowsthatthestoryoftheEmpireispregnantwithlessonsfortoday-inparticularfortheUnitedStatesasitstandsonthebrinkofaneweraofimperialpower,basedonceagainoneconomicandmilitarysupremacy.Adazzlingtourdeforce,Empireisaremarkablereappraisaloftheprizesandpitfallsofglobalempire.

作者简介

NiallFergusonisHerzogProfessorofFinancialHistoryattheSternSchoolofBusiness,NewYorkUniversity,andSeniorResearchFellowatJesusCollege,OxfordUniversity,whereheisalsoVisitingProfessorofHistory.HeistheauthorofPaperandIron,TheCashNexus,ThePityofWar,VirtualHistory,andtheaward-winningTheHouseofRothschild.HewritesregularlyfortheTimesLiterarySupplementandtheNewYorkTimesandisaprolificcommentatoroncontemporarypolitics.Nextyear,hewillteachfulltimeatHarvardUniversity.HeandhisfamilydividetheirtimebetweenNewYorkandOxfordshire.

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