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4/C PROCESS + PANTONE 8401 GLOSSY LAMINATION + SPOT GRITTY MATTE UV 1 HISTORY $30.00/$34.50 can TODAY, 1913 IS INEVITABLY VIEWED 9 through the lens of 1914: as the last year before a war that would shatter the global economic order and tear Europe N O DS apart, undermining its global pre-eminence. Our perspec- U H RA tives narrowed by hindsight, the world of that year is D N XA reduced to its most frivolous features—last summers in E L A grand aristocratic residences—or its most destructive ones: CHARLES EMMERSON was born in Australia C H A R L E S E M M E R S O N ’ S 1 9 1 3 the unresolved rivalries of the great European powers, the Advance praise for and grew up in London. After graduating top of his class fear of revolution, violence in the Balkans. 1 in modern history from Oxford University, he took up an In this illuminating history, Charles Emmerson liber- Entente Cordiale scholarship to study international rela- “ Every so often a book comes along that simply must be read. 1913 is such a work. Lumi- ates the world of 1913 from this “prelude to war” narrative, tions and international public law in Paris. The author of nous and majestic, rich in detail, and stunning in its depth of research, 1913 is a sweeping and explores it as it was, in all its richness and complexity. The Future History of the Arctic, he writes and speaks widely Traveling from Europe’s capitals, then at the height of their and haunting portrait of the world on the edge of the precipice.” —WADE DAVIS, on international affairs. He is a senior research fellow at global reach, to the emerging metropolises of Canada and author of Into the Silence I N S E A R C H O F T H E W O R L D Chatham House (the Royal Institute for International Affairs). 3 the United States, the imperial cities of Asia and Africa, and the boomtowns of Australia and South America, he provides “ This is a most elegantly written book. It should stand in comparison with the much older B E F O R E T H E G R E A T W A R a panoramic view of a world crackling with possibilities, its classic, Barbara Tuchman’s The Proud Tower.” —PROFESSOR NORMAN STONE, future still undecided, its outlook still open. Follow @charlesemmerson on Twitter author of World War I: A Short History and World War II: A Short History The world in 1913 was more modern than we remember, C H A R L ES E M M E RS O N more similar to our own times than we expect, more global- ized than ever before. The Gold Standard underpinned global flows of goods and money, while mass migration reshaped the world’s human geography. Steamships and sub-sea IN SEARCH OF cables encircled the earth, along with new technologies and THE WORLD new ideas. Ford’s first assembly line cranked to life in 1913 in BEFORE THE Detroit. The Woolworth Building went up in New York. While GREAT WAR Mexico was in the midst of bloody revolution, Winnipeg and Buenos Aires boomed. An era of petro-geopolitics opened JACKET DESIGN BY PETE GARCEAU in Iran. China appeared to be awaking from its imperial JACKET PHOTO OF PLANE OVER COASTAL TOWN © CORBIS slumber. Paris celebrated itself as the city of light; Berlin as JACKET PHOTO OF CONSTANTINOPLE: THE GALATA BRIDGE © GETTY IMAGES C H A R L ES the city of electricity. $30.00/$34.50 can E M M E RS O N Full of fascinating characters, stories, and insights, 1913: In Search of the World before the Great War brings a Available as an e-book lost world vividly back to life, with provocative implications Visit www.publicaffairsbooks.com for how we understand our past and how we think about Follow @public_affairs on Twitter www.publicaffairsbooks.com our future. SPOT GRITTY MATTE INDICATED ON PAGE 2 1 TODAY, 1913 IS INEVITABLY VIEWED 9 CHARLES EMMERSON C H A R L E S E M M E R S O N ’ S 1 9 1 3 Advance praise for 1 I N S E A R C H O F T H E W O R L D 3 B E F O R E T H E G R E A T W A R C H A R L ES E M M E RS O N IN SEARCH OF THE WORLD BEFORE THE GREAT WAR C H A R L ES E M M E RS O N www.publicaffairsbooks.com BLACK ARES INDICATE SPOT GRITTY MATTE UV 1913 1913 In Search of the World before the Great War charles emmerson PA New York First published in Great Britain in by The Bodley Head Published in the United States by PublicAffairs™, a Member of the Perseus Books Group All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address PublicAffairs, West th Street, th Floor, New York, NY . PublicAffairs books are available at special discounts for bulk purchases in the U.S. by corporations, institutions, and other organizations. For more information, please contact the Special Markets Department at the Perseus Books Group, Chest- nut Street, Suite , Philadelphia, PA , call () -, ext. , or e-mail [email protected]. Typeset by Palimpsest Book Production Limited, Falkirk, Stirlingshire The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows: ISBN ---- (HC) ISBN ---- (EB) First Edition To my father Contents Introduction ix I Centre of the Universe LONDON World City PARIS The Eternal, The Universal BERLIN Powerhouse ROME The Pope’s Aeroplane VIENNA Shadows and Light ST PETERSBURG Eastern Colossus II The Old New World WASHINGTON, DC Republic, Nation, Empire NEW YORK Metropolis DETROIT A Model Future LOS ANGELES Boom! MEXICO CITY Monroe’s Bequest III The World Beyond WINNIPEG–MELBOURNE Britain Abroad BUENOS AIRES Southern Star ALGIERS The Radiance of the Republic BOMBAY–DURBAN Tapestry of Empire TEHRAN Under Foreign Eyes JERUSALEM Zion and its Discontents IV Twilight Powers CONSTANTINOPLE Tides of History PEKING–SHANGHAI Waking Slumber TOKYO Rising Sun LONDON Beyond the Horizon Epilogue: The Afterlife of Notes Selected Bibliography Picture Credits Acknowledgements Index
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