First Contact - The Cult Of Progress

Product Description

Companion to the major new BBC documentary series Civilisations, presented by Mary Beard, David Olusoga & Simon Schama

Oscar Wilde said Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life. Was he right? In Civilisations, David Olusoga travels the world to piece together the shared histories that link nations.

In Part One, First Contact, we discover what happened to art in the great Age of Discovery, when civilisations encountered each other for the first time. Although undoubtedly a period of conquest & destruction, it was also one of mutual curiosity, global trade & the exchange of ideas.

In Part Two, The Cult of Progress, we see how the Industrial Revolution transformed the world, impacting every corner, & every civilisation, from the cotton mills of the Midlands through Napoleons conquest of Egypt to the decimation of both Native American & Maori populations & the advent of photography in Paris in 1839.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781781259979
• Author: David Olusoga
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 303
• Dimensions: 23 x 16 x 3cm