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Autore |
Belich James <1956-> |
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Replenishing the earth [[electronic resource] ] : the settler revolution and the rise of the Anglo-world, 1783-1939 / / James Belich |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
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0-19-155923-7 |
1-282-34662-8 |
9786612346620 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (586 p.) |
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British - Foreign countries - History |
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Great Britain Emigration and immigration History |
English-speaking countries Emigration and immigration History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Contents; List of Maps; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I. The Anglo Explosion; Introduction to Part I; 1. Settling Societies; 2. Shaping the Anglo-World; 3. Exploding Wests; 4. The Non-Industrial Revolution and the Rise of Mass Transfer; 5. The Settler Transition; 6. Colonizations; PART II. Testing Wests; Introduction to Part II; 7. Boom and Bust in the Old West, 1815-60; 8. British Wests to 1850; 9. Golden Wests; 10. The Great Midwest; 11. Melbourne's Empire; 12. Boers, Britons, and the 'Black English'; 13. Last Best Wests; PART III. Recolonization at Large |
Introduction to Part III14. Urban Carnivores and the Great Divergence; 15. The Rise and Fall of Greater Britain; 16. The Rise and Rise of Greater America; 17. Beyond the Anglo-World; 18. Adopted Dominions?; Conclusion: Thinking in the Rounds; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
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Why does so much of the world speak English? Replenishing the Earth gives a new answer to that question, uncovering a 'settler revolution' that took place from the early nineteenth century that led to the explosive settlement of the American West and its forgotten twin, the |
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British West, comprising the settler dominions of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Between 1780 and 1930 the number of English-speakers rocketed from 12 million in 1780 to 200 million, and their wealth and power grew to match. Their secret was not racial, or cultural, or institutional superiority but a reso |
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