03350nam 2200613 a 450 991046561490332120200520144314.00-19-155923-71-282-34662-89786612346620(CKB)2560000000295102(EBL)472203(OCoLC)472873236(SSID)ssj0000308141(PQKBManifestationID)11255270(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000308141(PQKBWorkID)10258773(PQKB)10811589(StDuBDS)EDZ0000022256(MiAaPQ)EBC472203(Au-PeEL)EBL472203(CaPaEBR)ebr10351377(CaONFJC)MIL234662(EXLCZ)99256000000029510220090403d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReplenishing the earth[electronic resource] the settler revolution and the rise of the Anglo-world, 1783-1939 /James BelichOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20091 online resource (586 p.)Includes index.0-19-929727-4 0-19-170084-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 LargeIntroduction 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; ZWhy 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 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 resoBritishForeign countriesHistoryGreat BritainEmigration and immigrationHistoryEnglish-speaking countriesEmigration and immigrationHistoryElectronic books.BritishHistory.909/.0971241081Belich James1956-861661MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465614903321Replenishing the earth2289818UNINA