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The Modern Scholar
- World's First Superpower: The Rise of the British Empire, 1497 to 1901
- Narrated by: Denis Judd
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
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Summary
By the beginning of the 20th century, there were very few countries or people who had not been affected, one way or another, by the impact of the British. The Empire itself by then covered over a quarter of the world's land surface, the Royal Navy dominated the oceans, and one in every four human beings lived under British rule.
Yet despite all of this global power and the emergence of Britain by the beginning of the nineteenth century as the world's first true superpower, the British Empire had very humble, small-scale origins.
In the course, we shall proceed chronologically, but also look more closely at particular themes and countries. The course will not provide a fully comprehensive survey, an enormous task anyway; rather, we shall seek to uncover and understand the essential historical truths about this mightiest of empires.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Dr. Herbert Goodwin
- 13-04-13
Teach yourself history.
As a Senior Citizen with spare time I wanted to have a simultaneous account of what went on during the centuries covered in this book, and found Denis Judd's story fascinating. He weaves the histories of east and west, as they affected Britain, with consummate skill, and held me spellbound. The division into manageable chapters with questions at the end of each from his students were an added bonus. I will return to this book again and again when I forget some detail as I am 83, and although enjoying new knowledge find it slips through the net too often. But Denis will be there with his lively descriptions for me to remember. Well done, I wish I had been taught History in High School in the same way. As I recall I was 'bottom- of the my class in this subject back in 1941. Maybe because my school was destroyed by Luftwaffe firebombs didn't help! Needless t say, the ability to listen to this book on my iPod with earphones whilst using my hands to garden or paint water-colours was something I had never had before,offering full use of every moment of my spare time. Everyone, young and old, should "read" this book.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- BackGardenMan
- 27-05-12
Great Overview
I am studying a University course about the British Empire and found this a great introduction to the topic. Each chapter is an ideal length at about 30 minutes maximum. I liked Judd's conversational style, very easy to follow and covering the important points. I listened to this walking into work in the morning. I have not checked out the online material available to support this audio file.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Preety
- 01-10-12
great
I loved listening to this, awesome and in depth and truly revealing as to how and why we got where we are today. Thanks
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