Replenishing the earth [[electronic resource] ] : the settler revolution and the rise of the Anglo-world, 1783-1939 / / James Belich

• Autore: Belich James <1956->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (586 p.)
• Disciplina: 909/.0971241081
• Soggetto topico: British - Foreign countries - History
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Emigration and immigration History; English-speaking countries Emigration and immigration History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Replenishing the earth
• ISBN: 0-19-155923-7; 1-282-34662-8; 9786612346620
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996248308703316
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