1759: The Year Britain Became Master of the World - Softcover

McLynn, Frank

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802142281 ISBN 13: 9780802142283

Verlag: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press, 2006

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Book by McLynn Frank

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Críticas:

"No 1759, no victory in the Seven Years' War, no victory in North America, no expansionist British Empire, no breakaway colonies and there, conceivably, no United States of America. Thus, 1759 becomes the hinge on which all of world history turned."

Reseña del editor:

If not for the events of 1759, the entire history of the world would have been different. Called the "Year of Victories," 1759 was the fourth year of the Seven Years, or the French-and-Indian War and defeat of the French paved the way for the global hegemony of the English language. Guiding us through England's conquests (and often extremely narrow victories), Frank McLynn (Wagons West) brilliantly interweaves primary sources, ranging from material in the Vatican archives to oral histories of Native Americans. In a stunning chronicle of a pivotal year in world history, he controversially concludes that the birth of the great British Empire was more a result of luck than of rigorous planning.

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• Verlag: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0802142281
• ISBN 13: 9780802142283
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 432