Empire Made: Two Centuries of British Influenced Globalisati
Author | : Allen George Duck |
Publisher | : Austin MacAuley |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 2018-06-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 1788230132 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781788230131 |
Rating | : 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Download or read book Empire Made: Two Centuries of British Influenced Globalisati written by Allen George Duck and published by Austin MacAuley. This book was released on 2018-06-06 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This broad history traces many of the key political and educational events that shaped two significant centuries of the British Empire. This vast imperial enterprise presided over a quarter of the world's landmass and came close to achieving a world economy. A commercial expansion that was backed by Britain's aristocratic gentry but governed by a new breed of university educated administrators. An elite group produced to manage Britain's overseas interests - and to incidentally create the image of the stereotypically unflappable 'Brit'. Universities and Empire advanced in a loose confederation that underpinned the progress of globalisation - a process that interconnects international trade and economics via technological advances in communication and transport. Globalisation permeates territorial boundaries and borders, it blurs the perception of distance - the sun may have long since set on the British Empire, but its administrators contributed mightily to shrinking the world it left behind.