How the Old World Ended: The Anglo-Dutch-American Revolution 1500-1800

by Jonathan Scott and Jonathan Scott

Book Overview

A magisterial account of how the cultural and maritime relationships between the British, Dutch and American territories changed the existing world order - and made the Industrial Revolution possible

Between 1500 and 1800, the North Sea region overtook the Mediterranean as the most dynamic part of the world. At its core the Anglo-Dutch relationship intertwined close alliance and fierce antagonism to intense creative effect. But a precondition...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300243596
• ISBN13: 9780300243598
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.4"