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Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World

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Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World

Empire Niall Ferguson Book 2

Book 2 of the Empire Niall Ferguson series.A companion volume on the British Empire for UK readers, this book argues that British ideas, institutions, and infrastructure helped create the modern global economy, while also confronting the violence, exploitation, and resistance that empire produced.

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Published 2018
Part of the Empire Niall Ferguson series as book 2.

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A companion volume on the British Empire for UK readers, this book argues that British ideas, institutions, and infrastructure helped create the modern global economy, while also confronting the violence, exploitation, and resistance that empire produced.

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Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World was published in 2018.