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Geography is destiny : Britain and the world : a 10,000-year history / Ian Morris.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morris, Ian, 1960- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain--Relations--Europe.
- Great Britain.
- Europe--Relations--Great Britain.
- Europe.
- Great Britain--Civilization.
- Great Britain--History.
- Civilization.
- International relations.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 570 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Other Title:
- Geography is destiny : Britain and the world : a ten thousand year history
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022.
- Summary:
- "In the wake of Brexit, Ian Morris chronicles the eight-thousand-year history of Britain's relationship to Europe as it has changed in the context of a globalizing world"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I The Hereford Map, 6000 BCE
- 1497 CE
- 1. Thatcher's Law, 6000
- 4000 BCE
- 2. Europe's Poor Cousin, 4000
- 55 BCE
- 3. Empire, 55 BCE
- 410 CE
- 4. The Original European Union, 410
- 973
- 5. United Kingdoms, 973
- 1497
- pt. II Mackinder's Map, 1497
- 1945
- 6. Englexit, 1497
- 1713
- 7. The Pivot, 1713
- 1815
- 8. Wider Still and Wider, 1815
- 65
- 9. The New World Steps Forth, 1865
- pt. III The Money Map, 1945
- 2103
- 10. The Very Point of Junction, 1945
- 91
- 11. Keep Calm and Carry On, 1992
- 12. Can't Go Home Again, 2017.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-537) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780374157272
- 0374157278
- OCLC:
- 1291573407
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