Lawrence James: EMPIRES IN THE SUN Z44 [2016] hardback ATHRY It represents a ground-breaking contribution

It represents a ground-breaking contribution to the historical geography of these compelling years of conflict

both as public idols and as fragile humans

Someone had not only imagined this networked world but realized it:

and also profoundly affected the course of world history for the rest of the twentieth century

a place where anything might happen

Lawrence James: EMPIRES IN THE SUN Z44 [2016] hardback ATHRY It represents a ground-breaking contributionIn this compelling history of the men and ideas that radically changed the course of world history, Lawrence James investigates and analyses how, within a hundred years, Europeans persuaded and coerced Africa into becoming a subordinate part of the modern world. His narrative is laced with the experiences of participants and onlookers and introduces the men and women who, for better or worse, stamped their wills on Africa. The continent was a magnet