Heyday - Britain And The Birth Of The Modern World: Ben WilsonFrom 1851, in the space of little more than a decade, the world was reshaped by technology, trade, mass migration and war. As instantaneous electric communication bridged the vast gulfs that separated human societies, millions of settlers travelled to the far corners of the Earth, building vast cities out of nothing in lightning quick time. A new generation of fast steamships and railways connected these burgeoning frontier societies, shrinking the