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A History of England The Growth of an Island Nation

A History of England The Growth of an Island Nation

A History of England The Growth of an Island Nation

Peter N. Williams / Peter NWilliams

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Lulu Press
Año de edición:
2011
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Historia
ISBN:
9781435795556
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In many ways, despite its appalling record in many areas, especially its major participation inthe heinous slave trade, England and its British partners created the modern world. Itsrepresentative government, along with its rapid industrialization, explorers and empire builders,and rugged individualism placed the little island at the cutting edge of political and socialinnovation.

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