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The Penguin Historical Atlas of the British Empire Paperback – December 26, 2006
| Nigel Dalziel (Author) Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See search results for this author |
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- Print length144 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherPenguin Books
- Publication dateDecember 26, 2006
- Grade level12 and up
- Reading age18 years and up
- Dimensions9.64 x 8.36 x 0.36 inches
- ISBN-100141018445
- ISBN-13978-0141018447
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Several of the topics of interest in the book are: the interplay between trends and individual achievement; the benefits of pioneering and innovating (ex. Age of Exploration leaders, settlements (p. 24-31); and the social costs of military service; the costs and benefits of commodity trade and industrialization; the role of the telegraph in the first wave of globalization around 1870-1914, (p. 88-89).
Today it is encouraging to know that, among the high achievers of this world, British Commonwealth nations are well represented. India, also, is a world power partly because the British legacy, English language, modern railroads and telegraphs, and access to international trade.
This book has fantastic maps, illustrations, and summaries. Many of the British trading posts and territories were intermingled with native as well as European ports (p. 36-37, p. 70-71). Great for quick reference while watching documentary films, TV, or just lounging around in the afternoon or evening.
The title is spot on. Anything you might need to satisfy a lingering curiousity about the Romans, the Celts, the Anglo Saxons and various other peoples arriving or departing from Britain while roaming the world get a highly condensed introduction.
All subjects "animal, mineral, and vegetable", to quote Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan, can be found herein, plus economical, sociological, and anthropological.
How the inhabitats of the British Isles, a thinly populated group on the edge of the world and how they ended up controlling over half the world is here with more detail on the era since the Renaissance, the period of the the Empire's beginnings. The Dominions and Australia are covered also.
The book is typical of the publisher, well thought, well designed and clear. Each major topic is covered by at least two pages arranged side by side. Each chapter consists of text and one or more cartographic gems commpiled at a scale which facilitates the reader's comprehension of the narrative.
This volume is part of a series of similarly designd volumes, covering matters which are best understood in geospatial terms.
As a professional cartographer and geographer I thoroughly appreciate the thought of which this is the result.
My only quibble is the size of the books in this series. It would be much more useful in the magazine size rather than the trade paperback size it is in. The recommended size is still holdable when seated in your arm chair, and you would not need a stand or table as for full size atlases.
. Unfortunately most historical books lack adequate maps or any at all. I once read one in whiich the major city that was at the center of the narrative was missing from the sorry sketch that was passed off as a map!
A great virtue is its usefulness as a companion to more detailed works on the multitude of subjects merely touched on here.
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The evils of slavery p56, and resource exploitation critiqued, the enduring and ongoing british trade links discussed
(i only glanced at the book so far)
At 144 pages long it's fairly short, but as an overview I'd find it hard to beat.



