{"product_id":"9781408708583","title":"Abacus One Fine Day Britains Empire on the Brink.","description":"\u003cp\u003eA portrait of the British Empire at both the peak of its global reach and the moment it began to topple\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeptember 29, 1923. Once the Palestine Mandate officially takes effect, the British Empire—now covering a quarter of the world’s land and boasting a population of 460 million—is the largest the world has ever seen. But it is also an empire in rapid transition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNationalist and Pan-African movements are gaining momentum throughout West Africa, thanks as much to Marcus Garvey as to the sustained efforts of local activists and politicians.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn far-flung Ocean Island in the Pacific, highly profitable phosphate extraction threatens to render the land uninhabitable for its native population—and colonial officials are torn between their integrity and their careers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd in India, Jawaharlal Nehru and fellow nationalists wonder despairingly about the future of the independence movement as Gandhi languishes in prison.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving from London to Kuala Lumpur, Australia to the West Indies , One Fine Day is a breathtaking and unflinching tour of the British Empire at its pinnacle. Here the Empire is at its biggest; but it is on a precipice, beset with debts and doubts as liberation movements emerge to undo the colonial era, and see the sun set on the Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Matthew Parker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56831704334496,"sku":"9781408708583","price":18.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/9781408708583.jpg?v=1773522637","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9781408708583","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}