{"product_id":"how-the-old-world-ended-jonathan-scott-9780300243598","title":"How the Old World Ended: The Anglo-Dutch-American Revolution 1500-1800","description":"\u003cb\u003eA 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 \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 for the Industrial Revolution was also the establishment in British North America of a unique type of colony - for the settlement of people and culture, rather than the extraction of things. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e England's republican revolution of 1649-53 was a spectacular attempt to change social, political and moral life in the direction pioneered by the Dutch. In this wide-angled and arresting book Jonathan Scott argues that it was also a turning point in world history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the revolution's wake, competition with the Dutch transformed the military-fiscal and naval resources of the state. One result was a navally protected Anglo-American trading monopoly. Within this context, more than a century later, the Industrial Revolution would be triggered by the alchemical power of American shopping\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Scott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300243596\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300243598\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.30w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2020","brand":"Jonathan Scott","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43992919081215,"sku":"9780300243598","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_188c58de-8d7e-4309-b760-1fc05bea805c.jpg?v=1683321533","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-the-old-world-ended-jonathan-scott-9780300243598","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}