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Geography Is Destiny: Britain and the World, a 10,000 Year History de Ian Morris

Geography Is Destiny: Britain and the World, a 10,000 Year History

Autor Ian Morris
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 11 mai 2022
'Ian Morris has established himself as a leader in making big history interesting and understandable' Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs and Steel'Morris succeeds triumphantly at cramming 10,000 years of history into a single book' Robert Colvile, TimesGeography is Destiny tells the history of Britain and its changing relationships with Europe and the wider world, from its physical separation at the end of the Ice Age to the first flickers of a United Kingdom, struggles for the Atlantic, and rise of the Pacific Rim. Applying the latest archaeological evidence, Ian Morris explores how geography, migration, government and new technologies interacted to produce regional inequalities that still affect us today. He charts Britain's geopolitical fortunes over thousands of years, revealing its transformation from a European satellite into a state at the centre of global power, commerce, and culture. But as power and wealth shift from West to East, does Britain's future lie with Europe or the wider world?
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781781258354
ISBN-10: 178125835X
Pagini: 576
Ilustrații: B&W illustrations and maps
Dimensiuni: 160 x 236 x 54 mm
Greutate: 0.83 kg
Ediția:Main
Editura: Profile
Colecția Profile Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Ian Morris teaches at Stanford University and is a Fellow of the British Academy. He is the bestselling author of Why the West Rules - For Now and War: What is it Good For? He has won awards for teaching and writing and has directed archaeological digs in Greece and Italy.

Recenzii

Gleefully provocative yet alarmingly persuasive... one of the most original history books in years
Morris is a jaunty, accessible writer, especially strong on his home field of archaeology, and this is a book brimming with neat slogans and ideas
Morris writes with great knowledge and wisdom and a certain panache ... I can't think of a better, more thought-provoking and generally wise introduction to the 'long' history of Britain's changing relations with continental Europe and the wider world than Geography is Destiny, or one that is such a terrific read
Praise for Ian Morris: 'A great work of synthesis and argument, drawing together an awesome range of materials and authorities
A fresh perspective ... Ian Morris has established himself as a leader in making big history interesting and understandable
Clever, acute and counterintuitive ... a pleasure to read
Brilliantly argued across a huge sweep, combining history with human geography, human and natural sciences. It is a magnificent and stimulating read, and should be given to anyone involved in the business of war and peace, or the human fate in any respect - and already a book of the year
A provocative and extraordinary contribution to wide-screen comparative history ... a true banquet of ideas
This is an astonishing book, full of controversy, brilliantly researched and thoughtfully argued ... one of the most fascinating and thought-provoking histories I've read in years
One doffs one's hat to Morris's breadth, ambition and erudition
An astonishing work
An exuberant and wonderfully entertaining tour de force of history, archaeology, anthropology, geography, evolutionary biology and technological and military speculation... a terrific book
It is the book's elegantly succinct prose that will most captivate readers ... filled with lucid explanations of the most recondite questions, with many revealing quotations and witty asides
Remarkable ... historian Morris argues not only that war is a source of technological advance but that it brings peace ... the thesis is disturbingly persuasive

Descriere

'Ian Morris has established himself as a leader in making big history interesting and understandable' Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs and Steel'Morris succeeds triumphantly at cramming 10,000 years of history into a single book' Robert Colvile, TimesGeography is Destiny tells the history of Britain and its changing relationships with Europe and the wider world, from its physical separation at the end of the Ice Age to the first flickers of a United Kingdom, struggles for the Atlantic, and rise of the Pacific Rim. Applying the latest archaeological evidence, Ian Morris explores how geography, migration, government and new technologies interacted to produce regional inequalities that still affect us today. He charts Britain's geopolitical fortunes over thousands of years, revealing its transformation from a European satellite into a state at the centre of global power, commerce, and culture. But as power and wealth shift from West to East, does Britain's future lie with Europe or the wider world?

Cuprins

Introduction

Part 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

Part 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, 1865-1945

Part III : The Money Map, 1945-2103
10. The Very Point of Junction, 1945-91
11. Keep Calm and Carry On, 1992-2103
12. Can't Go Home Again, 2017

Acknowledgements
Notes
References
List of Illustrations
Index