THE EDWIN FOX: How an Ordinary Sailing Ship Connected the World in the Age of Globalization, 1850-1914

Reveals how an everyday merchant ship drew together a changing world and its people in an extraordinary age of rising empires, sweeping economic transformation, and social change. This fascinating work of global history offers a vividly detailed and engaging narrative of globalization writ small, viewed from the decks and holds of a single vessel. Illus.