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Heyday: The Victorian Discovery of the World 1851-1867 by Wilson, Ben, 1980- author is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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'heyday' Brings To Life One Of The Most Extraordinary Periods In Modern History. From 1851, In The Space Of Little More Than A Decade, The World Was Reshaped By Technology, Trade, Mass Migration And War. As Instantaneous Electric Communication Bridged The Vast Gulfs That Separated Human Societies, Millions Of Settlers Travelled To The Far Corners Of The Earth, Building Vast Cities Out Of Nothing In Lightning-quick Time. A New Generation Of Fast Steamships And Railways Connected These Burgeoning Frontier Societies, Shrinking The World And Creating An Interlinked Global Economy. In The Company Of Fortune-seekers And Ordinary Migrants, We Journey To These Rapidly Expanding Frontiers, Savouring The Frenetic Activity And Optimism Of The Boom-towns Of The 1850s In Australia, New Zealand The United States. This Is A Story Not Only Of Rapid Progress, But Of The Victims Of An Assurgent West. Introduction: 1851 : Precipice In Time -- Boom: The Age Of Gold. 1851: Annus Mirabilis -- The Hairystocracy -- Bonanza -- On The Road -- Star Of Empire -- The Hashish Of The West -- Fault Lines: The Age Of Silver. The Ramparts Of Freedom -- El Presidente -- Tsunami -- The Civilising Mission -- Retributi

Who reads Heyday: The Victorian Discovery of the World 1851-1867?

Author

Wilson, Ben, 1980- author

Publisher

Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Orion Publishing Group, Limited

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780297864103

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, History, Humanities