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"An illuminating account of the birth, the rise, and the continuing rise, of a global political and economic system that rested first on the power of Britain and rests today on that of the United States--and now faces a new set of formidable challenges"--Provided by publisher.
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God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World
October 9, 2007, Knopf
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0375414037 9780375414039
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God and gold: Britain, America, and the making of the modern world
2007, Alfred A. Knopf
in English
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Part one: The walrus and the carpenter. With God on our side
On the beach
How they hate us
Part two: The dread and envy of them all. The protocols of the elders of Greenwich
French toast
The world was their oyster
The sinews of power
The playing fields of Eton
Goldilocks and the West
Part three: Anglo-Saxon attitudes. The wasps and the bees
The vicar and the dynamo
Doxy v. Doxy
The White queen
Called to the bar
The gyroscope and the pyramd
Part four: What hath God wrought? The meaning of history
War on history
The golden meme
Whig Babylon
Part five: The lessons of history. The future of sea power
Dancing with ghosts
The diplomacy of civilizations
The meaning of it all.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 419-430) and index.
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