{"product_id":"globish-how-the-english-language-became-the-worlds-language","title":"Globish: How the English Language Became the World's Language","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eGlobish: How the English Language Became the World's Language\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eRobert McCrum\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780393062557\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eW. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2010\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e1\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e352\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eIt seems impossible: a small island in the North Atlantic, colonized by Rome, then pillaged for hundreds of years by marauding neighbors, becomes the dominant world power in the nineteenth century. Equally unlikely, a colony of that island nation, across the Atlantic, grows into the military and cultural colossus of the twentieth century. How? By the sword, of course; by trade and industrial ingenuity; but principally, and most surprisingly, by the power of their common language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this provocative and compelling new look at the course of empire, Robert McCrum, coauthor of the best-selling book and television series \u003cem\u003eThe Story of English\u003c\/em\u003e, shows how the language of the Anglo-American imperium has become the world's lingua franca. In fascinating detail he describes the ever-accelerating changes wrought on the language by the far-flung cultures claiming citizenship in the new hegemony. In the twenty-first century, writes the author, English + Microsoft = Globish.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Globish: How the English Language Became the World's Language | Robert McCrum | Hardcover | 9780393062557 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks I 1774103","offer_id":49674619060376,"sku":"1774103","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51Qv3Ym8NGL.jpg?v=1786551022","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/globish-how-the-english-language-became-the-worlds-language","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}