Globish: How the English Language Became the World's Language by Robert McCrum

Globish: How the English Language Became the World's Language

Robert McCrum

331 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative fast-paced
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How English conquered the world: a Guns, Germs, and Steel argument based on the power of the word. It seems impossible: a small island in the North Atlantic, colonized by Rome, then pillaged for hundreds of years by marauding neighbors, becomes th...

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