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Preface to the American Edition -- Introduction: 1851 : Precipice in Time -- Part I. Boom : The Age of Gold -- 1851 : Annus Mirabilis : London -- The Hairystocracy : Melbourne -- Bonanza : Newfoundland -- On the Road : Nebraska -- Star of Empire : Minnesota -- The Hashish of the West : Kansas -- Part II. Faultlines : The Age of Silver -- The Ramparts of Freedom -- El Presidente : Nicaragua -- Tsunami : Yokohama -- The Civilising Mission : Hong Kong -- Retribution : Lucknow -- Part III. News of the World : The Age of Bronze -- Empire of News : Fleet Street -- Master of Time : New York-London -- Best of Times, Worst of Times : Beijing, Turin, Montgomery -- Blood, Iron, Cotton, Democracy : Bombay -- Epilogue 1873 -- Chronology of Events.;"American Midwest to Shanghai, from London to Tokyo, the 1850s was a decade of extraordinary change and upheaval: the world economy expanded fivefold; millions of families emigrated to the ends of the earth to carve out lives in the wilderness; new technologies revolutionized how people communicated; and railways cut across great continents. Steam ships, telegraphs, photographs and pharmaceuticals all proliferated. In Heyday, an epic story of global c

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Author

Wilson, Ben

Publisher

Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780465098705

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Social Science, Fiction