Heyday

The 1850s and the Dawn of the Global Age

Ben Wilson

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
13 June 2017

History; British & Irish history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900

Heyday brings to life one of the most extraordinary periods in modern history. The 1850s was a decade of breathtaking transformation, with striking parallels for our own times. The world was reshaped by technology, trade, mass migration and war. The global economy expanded fivefold, millions of families emigrated to the ends of the earth to carve out new lives, technology revolutionised communications, while steamships and railways cut across vast continents and oceans, shrinking the world and creating the first global age.

In a fast-paced, kaleidoscopic narrative, the acclaimed historian Ben Wilson recreates this time of explosive energy and dizzying change, a rollercoaster ride of booms and bust, focusing on the lives of the men and women reshaping its frontiers. At the centre stands Great Britain. The country was the peak of its power as it attempted to determine the destinies of hundreds of millions of people. A dazzling history of a tumultuous decade, Heyday reclaims an often overlooked period that was fundamental not only in in the making of Britain but of the modern world.

By: Ben Wilson
Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 127mm, Width: 197mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 358g
ISBN: 9780753829219
ISBN 10: 0753829215
Pages: 496
Publication Date: 13 June 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ben Wilson is the author of five critically acclaimed books including WHAT PRICE LIBERTY?, for which he received a Somerset Maugham Award, and the bestselling EMPIRE OF THE DEEP. He was born in 1980 and educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a first-class degree and an MPhil in history. He lives in Suffolk.

Reviews for Heyday: The 1850s and the Dawn of the Global Age

The world began speeding up in the 1850s and hasn't stopped since . . . Ben Wilson's richly detailed and compelling narrative of this whirlwind period catches its exhilaration - PROSPECT Scholarly, intelligent and readable . . . an original prism through which to view the mid-19th century and, essentially, about the invention not so much of modernity as of globalisation - THE SPECTATOR Immensely enjoyable . . . highly recommended