Empire : The Rise and Demise of the British World Order (Unabridged ed)

Ferguson's most revolutionary and popular work, this is a major reinterpretation of the British Empire as one of the world's greatest modernising forces.Based on the Channel Four series which will be aired simultaneously with the book, it shows on a vast canvas how the British Empire in the 19th Century spearheaded real globalisation with steampower, telegraphs, guns, engineers, missionaries and millions of settlers.