Geography is destiny : Britain and the world : a 10,000-year history / Ian Morris.
| Author/creator |
Morris, Ian, 1960- author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Edition | First American edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022. |
| Copyright Notice | ̐u2022 |
| Description | 570 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
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| Variant title | Geography is destiny : Britain and the world : a ten thousand year history |
| Contents | Introduction -- Part I: The Hereford map, 6,000 BCE-1497 CE. Thatcher's law, 6000-4000 BCE ; Europe's poor cousin, 4000-55 BCE ; Empire, 55 BCE-410 CE ; The original European union, 410-973 ; United kingdoms, 973-1497 -- Part II: Mackinder's map, 1497-1945. Englexit, 1497-1713 ; The pivot, 1713-1815 ; Wider still and wider, 1815-65 ; The new world steps forth, 1865-1945 -- Part III: The money map, 1945-2103. The very point of junction, 1945-91 ; Keep calm and carry on, 1992-2013 ; Can't go home again, 2017. |
| Abstract | "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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-537) and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2021061234 |
| ISBN | 9780374157272 |
| ISBN | 0374157278 hardcover |
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