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";s:4:"text";s:27040:"History for people who couldn't care less about history. His manipulation of them made, Wow. We’d love your help. Refresh and try again. The. From January to mid-February 2003 six one-hour television programmes, four lectures to substantial audiences in the University of London’s Senate House, and a large glossy book have been devoted to his theme of ‘empire’ or, as he also puts it, ‘how Britain made the modern world’. In Empire, Niall Ferguson explains how "an archipelago of rainy islands... came to rule the world," and examines the costs and consequences, both good and bad, of British imperialism. And why did the empire on which the sun literally never set finally decline and fall? Lawrence, and many others. A cultural supremacist to the core. imperial meglomaniacs as a warning but with a bit of 'blueprinting' for any good emperors out there. I suppose I was naive to expect anything else from someone who would seem to worship Henry Kissinger. It is an empire, in short, that dare not speak its name. Skip navigation. ... Niall Ferguson was born April 18, 1964, in Glasgow. Niall Ferguson's acclaimed Empire brilliantly unfolds the imperial story in all its splendours and its miseries, showing how a gang of buccaneers and gold-diggers planted the seed of the biggest empire in all history - and set the world on the road to modernity. Ostensibly, it is a book about what post-Cold War America, a hegemon with immense global power and influence, can learn from the British Empire at its apex. Here it is (I think I'm pretty harsh in this review--I don't think the book is "one-star bad" though): I so wanted to launch into an outraged invective against the temerity of the author - but find myself in reluctant agreement with most of the arguments. Every one of his assertions could easily be countered, a fact he often admits. Having been schooled to be proud of its achievements, I finished this book knowing that I had not been told anywhere near the truth. Did not that sacrifice alone expunge all the Empire's other sins?”, “Between a half and two-thirds of all Europeans who migrated to North America between 1650 and 1780 did so under contracts of indentured servitude;”, “Sir Richard Turnbull, the penultimate Governor of Aden, once told Labour politician Denis Healey that 'when the British Empire finally sank beneath the waves of history, it would leave behind it only two monuments: one was the game of Association Football, the other was the expression "Fuck off".' ... Benedetto Cotrugli – The Book of the Art of Trade: With Scholarly Essays from Niall Ferguson, Giovanni Favero, Mario Infelise, Tiziano Zanato and Vera Ribaudo. He does do a good job though of demonstrating how certain ideas like the English land tenure system and Common Law were distributed throughout the world, but again he doesn't acknowledge at what cost this came at, at what knowledge was. Introduction Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire by Niall Ferguson is a book that most Americans, conservative or liberal, probably don’t want to read or inherently disagree with. The demand for sugar drew merchants tot he carribean. Was the British Empire a Good Thing? And why did the empire on which the sun literally never set finally decline and fall? The Scottish historian Niall Ferguson is, in some ways, the Russell Crowe of the academic world: charismatic, unconventional, and definitely controversial. Niall Ferguson is a glutton for exposure. This book is. How Britain Made the Modern World - Empire by Niall Ferguson. He is a Scottish historian. 42. His argument that the British Empire was not all bad, as we left civilising things such as democracy (Burma, Singapore, Hong Kong), cricket and a general force for good. ... Beijing. I'm not kidding, there's absolutely nothing new here, other than a layer of polish. But I was completely wrong. Secondly, improvement of the public intelligence; the decay of usages or superstitions which interfere with the effective implementation of industry; and the growth of mental activity, making the people alive to new objects of desire. We’d love your help. View all copies ... "The United States today is an empire--but a peculiar kind of empire", writes Niall Ferguson in Colossus: the Price of America's Empire. In this fascinating reimagining of how the Brits pressed their culture, religion and ideas across the land, he explores what they did right, as well as what they did wrong. Discover lots of new and upcoming nonfiction reads this spring Habían creado un sistema de deuda pública que permitía al gobierno tomar empréstitos de sus ciudadanos a un tipo de interés bajo. Start by marking “Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World” as Want to Read: Error rating book. While he is right about the cricket he is nuts if he thinks empire was a force for good, it has made Britain a few enemi. The demand for sugar drew merchants tot he carribean. Welcome back. ... Goodreads Book reviews & recommendations: IMDb Movies, TV & … He is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and the William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Most people know of the missionary experience in Africa or the colonization of Australia, but less well known is how and why the Empire met its' demise when it did. He poses a question in the beginning of the book :"how did this small rainy island succeed in conquering the world,"he does a good job in explaing the how and the why and the where, nevertheless, for those looking for a more detailed and thorough explanation and comparison of the British settlement/conquer tactics and growth versus the competing europea. Was the British Empire a Good Thing? The book is organized by major periods during the Empire but comes alive through the accounts of familiar faces from world history: John Smith, Orwell. There is a widely held fiction that there is no such thing as an American empire. "Empire" has an excellent conclusion and some interesting analysis, but Niall Ferguson taints what could have been a brilliant work with strange forays into homophobia, rhetorical arguments that undermine his authority and an apologist attitude towards British rule that occasionally (and thankfully only occasionally) enters the realm of the absurd. By the eve of World War II, around a quarter of the world's land surface was under some form of British rule. Quotes By Niall Ferguson. He is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and the William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. His books include Paper and Iron: Hamburg … He poses a question in the beginning of the book :"how did this small rainy island succeed in conquering the world,"he does a good job in explaing the how and the why and the where, nevertheless, for those looking for a more detailed and thorough explanation and comparison of the British settlement/conquer tactics and growth versus the competing european "empires" of the time (i.e. This book is also based on his view that the European liberal economic system is the highest achievement of modernity, and despite all the negative sides of the Empire, it at least allowed the rest of the developing world to become 'modern'. by Carlo Carraro, Giovanni Favero, et al. The time is ripe for a reappraisal.In this major new work of synthesis and revision, Niall Ferguson argues that the British Empire should be regarded not merely as vanished Victoriana but as the very cradle of modernity. Niall Ferguson was born April 18, 1964, in Glasgow. Buy book Send to Kindle Synopsis Who is it for? Did not that sacrifice alone expunge all the Empire’s other sins?”, “The question was simply this: Would the world be French or British?”, “Hitler had no doubt that it was rival empires, not native nationalism, which posed the real challenge to British rule.”, “En 1863, en Newcastle, el doctor James Hunt había dejado consternada a la audiencia de una reunión de la British Association for the Advancement of Science, al afirmar que los «negros» eran una especie separada de seres humanos, a medio camino entre el mono y el «hombre europeo».”, “Considerations on Representative Government (1861) – that they enjoy the benefits of her uniquely advanced culture: first, a better government: more complete security of property; moderate taxes; a more permanent ... tenure of land. That in itself is economically disruptive. Does slavery provide the trump card in the game? Niall Ferguson packs this book with sharp wit and a keen eye for a good primary source. Such writing certainly brings out my political biases. ... Goodreads Book reviews & recommendations: IMDb Movies, TV & Celebrities: … Niall Ferguson, author of this book's sequel, "Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire," gives his readers a crash-course in British imperial history starting with the English privateering raids on the Spanish empire and ending with the Suez Canal Crisis of 1956. He is a Scottish historian. Narrative flowed & was plenny thought provoking in its delivery. This is an interesting book, to be sure, but nowhere near Ferguson's best. [1]" For as long as I can remember I have always been fascinated by the British Empire; this enormous edifice which towered over the world and 'bestrode' enormous amounts of the world's land-mass. Just how did a small, rainy island in the North Atlantic achieve all this? What I missed was Ferguson's facility with statistics. Niall Ferguson, author of this book's sequel, "Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire," gives his readers a crash-course in British imperial history starting with the English privateering raids on the Spanish empire and ending with the Suez Canal Crisis of 1956. The six chapters cover commodity markets, labour markets, culture, government, capital markets, and warfare, "or, in rather more human terms, the role of" pirates, planters, missionaries, mandarins, bankers, and bankrupts. by Penguin Books, Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World. Habían fundado una institución parecida a un banco central moderno. A reasonable point to make when one considers how poor policies in Iraq nearly screwed the U.S. over internationally as well as domestically (read Thomas Ricks' "Fiasco" for details). An Englishman, Ferguson tackles the history of the British Empire in this layman's volume of 370 pages, rich with illustrations, maps, and photos stretching from empire's reluctant beginnings in the 17th century to the final collapse following WWII. Su sistema impositivo basado en los impuestos internos era simple y eficaz.”, “En la práctica el dinero invertido en una colonia de iure como la India (o en una colonia en todo sentido, excepto el nombre como Egipto) era mucho más seguro que invertir en una colonia de facto como Argentina.”, “También explica por qué Gran Bretaña pudo superar a sus rivales ibéricos: precisamente porque, por ser una recién llegada a la carrera imperial, tuvo que dedicarse a colonizar los pocos prometedores páramos de Virginia y Nueva Inglaterra, antes que las ciudades de México y Perú, donde el saqueo estaba a la orden del día.”, “El historiador económico David Landes ha elaborado recientemente una lista de medidas que el gobierno ideal tendría que adoptar para el crecimiento y desarrollo: 1. aseguraría los derechos de la propiedad privada del mejor modo posible para alentar el ahorro y la inversión; 2. aseguraría los derechos de libertad individual… tanto contra los abusos de la tiranía como… del crimen y la corrupción; 3. haría cumplir el derecho contractual… 4. proporcionaría un gobierno estable… guiado por normas de dominio público; 5. proporcionaría un gobierno receptivo; 6. proporcionaría un gobierno honrado… [no] hipotecado a los favores y a la posición; 7. proporcionaría un gobierno moderado, eficiente, poco ambicioso… que rebajara los impuestos [y] redujera lo asignado al gobierno en el excedente social.”, “The reality, then, was that Indian nationalism was fuelled not by the impoverishment of the many but by the rejection of the privileged few.”, “aunque el liberalismo económico y político anglófono sigue siendo las más atractiva cultura del mundo, tiene el reto de hacer frente, como ha ocurrido desde la revolución iraní, a una seria amenaza procedente del fundamentalismo islámico.”, “Africa is in fact a more Christian continent than Europe. $3.99 shipping. I was attracted to this following on from our South African holiday, where the remains of the Dutch and British Empires still have a massive hold on today. He is the author of fifteen books, including The Pity of War, The House of Rothschild, Empire, Civilization and Kissinger, 1923-1968: The Idealist, which won the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur … He is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and the William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration at … Every once in awhile I try and give the political right a fair hearing by reading something of a conservative writer. ... Goodreads Book reviews & recommendations : Amazon Home Services Experienced pros Happiness Guarantee: IMDb Movies, TV … Though the book's breadth is impressive, it is not intended to be a comprehensive history of the British Empire; rather, Ferguson seeks to glean lessons from this history for future, or present, empires--namely America. Much of the course content was recognisable, the book giving more depth and detail & have to say felt more rewarded after this second read. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. He specializes in financial and economic history as well as the history of empire. ... bearing the weight of the world on its shoulders? ”, “Desde que en 1579 se hubieron sacudido del dominio español, los holandeses habían estado a la vanguardia del capitalismo europeo. Such writing certainly brings out my political biases. Also I would like to add that Ferguson is very good at illustrating this study with effective anecdotes and discussions of the many colorful (and sometimes troubling) characters connected with the empire, including Rudyard Kipling, Lachlan Macquarie ("the father of Australia"), Lord Durham, General Kitchener, Cecil Rhodes, Stanley Livingstone, Warren Hastings, Queen Victoria, Thomas Pitt, T.E. Just how did a small, rainy island in the North Atlantic achieve all this? This is an interesting book, to be sure, but nowhere near Ferguson's best. If you want to get the point of the book without having to read it you can watch this TED talk of Ferguson's: I was attracted to this following on from our South African holiday, where the remains of the Dutch and British Empires still have a massive hold on today. Nearly all the key features of the twenty-first-century world can be traced back to the extraordinary expansion of Britain's economy, population, and culture from the seventeenth … Wednesday 03 July 2013 03:43. (1,703 ratings by Goodreads) Softcover ISBN 10: 0143034790 ISBN 13: 9780143034797. I think the jury may still be out, but it was good to hear a strong defense for empire when current cultural attitudes only inculcate sneering. Niall Ferguson, author of other non-fiction hits as "Pity of War", "The Cash Nexus" and 2006's "War of the World" offers a modern analysis of one of the most influential empires in history. Ferguson takes a bold step; he argues that the British Empire was a force for good, and does so in unbiased and balanced way. 'Empire is a pleasure to read and brims with insights and intelligence' Sunday Times Niall Ferguson is one of Britain's most renowned historians. The British empire was not by smart design but an ad hoc concoction of trading outposts and colonies that evolved to a centrally ruled, geographically dispersed entity under the crown. Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World by Niall Ferguson 392pp, Allen Lane, £25 . This book was written with the general reader in mind and is the most accessible book on British history I have ever read. The statement is: "By the end of Britain's colonisation in 1830, at least two families of Aborigines were living on the Island. Empire. Niall Ferguson: What the British Empire did for the world From a speech by the historian, given at the Intelligence Squared debate at the Royal Geographical Society. Incluso el vaso de cerveza o whisky que consumía o cada pipa que fumaba estaban sujetos a impuestos. The time is ripe for a reappraisal, and in Empire , Niall Ferguson boldly recasts the British Empire as one of the world's greatest modernizing forces. English. From the Empire's humble origins of pirates and plantations to the Wars that bankrupted left it bankrupt, Ferguson brings the reader to all corners of the Empire, leaving no sun-lit stone untouched. I listened to an audio version of this (superbly read by Sean Barrett) with great fascination. An interesting outcome at the end of this book which goes someway to say that working in America has turned him into a bit of a right-wing nut job, he was just a right - wing historian when he lived in the UK. “there really is no such thing as ‘the future’, singular. Ferguson's main point is that, all things considered, the British Empire was a good thing for the world. But I was completely wrong. British were not the first Empire builders. From the Empire's humble origins of pirates and plantations to the Wars that bankrupted left it bankrupt, Ferguson brings the reader to all corners of the Empire, leaving no sun-lit stone untouched. They were IMERIAL IMMITATORS!”, “The English language is the one thing the Commonwealth still has in common.”, “There are two disadvantages to this political fragmentation. Como lo dijo Burns, su negocio era «oprimir al publicano y al pecador con las ruedas despiadadas de los impuestos interiores».”, “From the point of view of most African-Americans, American independence postponed emancipation by at least a generation.”, “It was the Germans who first spoke of the war as ‘der Weltkrieg’, the world war; the British preferred the ‘European War’ or, later, the ‘Great War’.”, “In 1940, under Churchill’s inspired, indomitable, incomparable leadership, the Empire had stood alone against the truly evil imperialism of Hitler. It is an empire in denial.”, “I, the British Empire began as a primarily economic phenomenon, its growth powered by commerce and consumerism. 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. Error rating book. Linda, Curated Reads: Nonfiction Books to Intrigue and Inspire. This time it was Ferguson's Empire. From the Empire's humble origins of pirates and plantations to the Wars that bankrupted left it bankrupt, Ferguson brings the reader to all corners of the Empire, leaving no sun-lit stone untouched. Just how did a small, rainy island in the North Atlantic achieve all this? When Ferguson started this book by acknowledging his positionality as a child who was brought up to love the Empire, and only later understood the horrors that came with it, I wrongly assumed that he might have been able to break out of that pro-Empire point of view. "Empire" has an excellent conclusion and some interesting analysis, but Niall Ferguson taints what could have been a brilliant work with strange forays into homophobia, rhetorical arguments that undermine his authority and an apologist attitude towards British rule that occasionally (and thankfully only occasionally) enters the realm of the absurd. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published I enjoyed this. An Englishman, Ferguson tackles the history of the British Empire in this layman's volume of 370 pages, rich with illustrations, maps, and photos stretching from empire's reluctant beginnings in the 17th century to the final collapse following WWII. Niall Ferguson is a glutton for exposure. Still, if one plans to read "Colossus", one must read "Empire" first. They were IMERIAL IMMITATORS!”, I'm reading something that refers to pp109-111 that I'd like to check. While he is right about the cricket he is nuts if he thinks empire was a force for good, it has made Britain a few enemies in the former empire. Colossus by Niall Ferguson, 9780141017006, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. It is nevertheless a very positive view of empire and there is still much of which we can be proud. Niall Ferguson's a. Ferguson's main point is that, all things considered, the British Empire was a good thing for the world. The British empire was not by smart design but an ad hoc concoction of trading outposts and colonies that evolved to a centrally ruled, geographically dispersed entity under the crown. This was an absolutely wonderful read! The apologist tone of this book just got worse and worse, with Ferguson basically arguing that although the Empire was bad, it wasn't THAT bad, which in my opinion is no argument at all. It will irritate anyone who is ambivalent about the imperialist narratives that from time to time are revisited and promoted. When Ferguson started this book by acknowledging his positionality as a child who was brought up to love the Empire, and only later understood the horrors that came with it, I wrongly assumed that he might have been able to break out of that pro-Empire point of view. Refresh and try again. There are only multiple, unforeseeable futures, … In addition, they can be economically inefficient even in peacetime, too small to justify all the paraphernalia of statehood”, “The German Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, was one of the few authentic geniuses among nineteenth-century statesmen.”, “Without the spread of British rule around the world, it is hard to believe that the structures of liberal capitalism would have been so successfully established in so many different economies around the world.”, “British Empire acted as an agency for imposing free markets, the rule of law, investor protection and relatively incorrupt government on roughly a quarter of the world.”, “Despite Lawrence’s wartime promises to the Arabs, it was agreed to give Iraq, Transjordan and Palestine the status of British ‘mandates’ – the euphemism for colonies – while the French got Syria and the Lebanon. Ferguson wrote the mass influx of refugees into Europe from Syria was a modern version of the Völkerwanderung when the Huns burst out of Asia and invaded Europe, causing millions of the Germanic peoples to flee into the presumed safety of the Roman Empire, smashing their way in as the Romans attempted unsuccessfully to stop the Germans from entering the empire. Once vast swathes of the globe were coloured imperial red and Britannia ruled not just the waves, but the prairies of America, the plains of Asia, the jungles of Africa and the deserts of Arabia. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, “American Empire- it is an empire that lacks the drive to export its capital, its people and its culture to those backward regions which need them most urgently and which, if they are neglected, will breed the greatest threats to its security. Niall Ferguson, MA, D.Phil., is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a senior faculty fellow of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard. By (author) Niall Ferguson. What can I say? For anyone looking for an overview of the British Empire that can keep the interest of the average reader while remaining intellectual and on course, Ferguson's Empire delivers. Still, if one plans to read "Colossus", one must read "Empire" first. Well, no. Access a free summary of Empire, by Niall Ferguson and 20,000 other business, leadership and nonfiction books on getAbstract. It is an empire, in short, that dare not speak its name. with our author interviews, articles, and book lists! How can you be impartial about such a shoddy, smug polemic? For the first time in my life, I am going to open a review with a personal attack on the author: This is a fast-paced survey on Great Britain and the Empire. Niall Ferguson is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, former Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and current senior fellow at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University, a visiting professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing, and founder and managing director of advisory firm Greenmantle LLC. The Mutiny, 1857, the Boer War, 1900, Amritsar Massacre, 1919, are gone into with some thoroughness. Niall Ferguson packs this book with sharp wit and a keen eye for a good primary source. Niall praises that the British were the ones to control the world for a period arguing that anyone else (especially an eastern empire) would not have done as good a job as the British in "spreading liberty" throughout the world. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. When the New Rome falls, he warns, its … In Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power, Niall Ferguson gives a more or less complete history of the British Empire and discusses why it was a good thing for the world. Ferguson does well to not get bogged down in complicated economic and political situations and breezes through in short paragraphs, giving the book light and fluid pace. Access a free summary of Empire, by Niall Ferguson and 20,000 other business, leadership and nonfiction books on getAbstract. However, it is one that all Americans, especially ones involved with foreign policy, undeniably need to read. And so, although his treatment of the British Empire in this book was recommended to me by someone whose opinion I would trust, I approached it with some caution. British were not the first Empire builders. 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. Su moneda era sólida. Niall Campbell Ferguson (/ ˈ n iː l /; born 18 April 1964) is a Scottish historian and the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Ferguson thinks so, but it is difficult to prove on this reading. My "four stars" here reflects Ferguson's book being an entertaining review of the Empire for the general reader and not having any obvious signs of bias, although given this is the first book I have read about the British Empire I don't have much else to judge it against and "being entertaining" is a pretty shallow criteria to assess a history on a subject as potentially controversial as the British Empire. 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