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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Random House

ISBN-10024136826X

ISBN-139780241368268

eBay Product ID (ePID)16038411563

Product Key Features

Number of Pages320 Pages

Publication NameSmall Island : 12 Maps That Explain the History of Britain

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2022

SubjectTravel, Reference, History, Maps & Road Atlases (See Also Reference / Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps), Europe / Great Britain / General, Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps (See Also Travel / Maps & Road Atlases)

TypeMap

AuthorPhilip Parker

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight17.2 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.3 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

ReviewsCharting the formation and then break-up of British rule , Small Island provides a richly entertaining canter through the country's past. An engrossing book, offering stimulating observations about our cultural evolution as well as predictions for Britain's future.

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal911.41

SynopsisDiscover the 12 crucial moments in Britain's past that will answer the greatest questions for our future in this richly insightful and fascinating history 'A richly entertaining canter through the country's past. Engrossing' INDEPENDENT ___________ In 878 the borders of Alfred the Great's Wessex were confined to a small patch of marshland in Somerset. This was Britain. Four centuries later, and the country straddled the English Channel, embracing much of what we now know as France. Six hundred years later, its boundaries were to be found in the Caribbean, the Arabian Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Sunda Strait. These, too, were Britain. Yet when - and where - did Britain begin? Is the shape of Britain led by the British - or are foreign powers more responsible for our borders than we realise? Is Britain justified in its island mentality? Will Britain ever be at ease with its own borders? And is the shape of Britain soon to change all over again? . . . This comprehensive, entertaining and concise new history uses twelve maps to explain Britain's most characteristic trait - our need to be both part of the wider world, yet separate from it. **Please note a printing error in map 10 is now being fixed**, Pre-order this fascinating analysis of a dozen maps selected from critical points in the last two thousand years of British history. With the uncertainty of Brexit looming, Britain as we know it is on the brink of defining change. With current borders being disputed and, with them, identities challenged, this book will provide a brilliant insight into how our country's borders have always been, and always will be, in a state of change. From the Celtic period when 'Britain' was just a patchwork of tribal kingdoms; to the height of the empire a century ago, when the whole of Ireland, India, Australia, much of Africa, Asia and the Americas were marked as British; through to the present-day when Britain's shape and extent is once more in question, these maps dramatically chart the political and cultural evolution of the nation. By focusing on these maps Philip Parker reveals how Britain came to be the way it is today, and how the past is a guide to where we might go from here.

LC Classification NumberDA13