You Must Be This Tall To Bea Global Power

摘要

Its imperial heyday is long over, but the legacy of Britain's global trading network endures. The Sydney Harbour Bridge, the bollards of the Puerto Madero waterfront in Buenos Aires, India's arterial railway network, and other key pieces of international infrastructure were all designed, engineered, or manufactured by the United Kingdom.The residual national memory of that era was a powerful motivational tool for those who advocated for the Leave side in 2016's Brexit referendum. Ditch the collective sovereignty of the European Union, they argued, and you'd reestablish Britain's special place in the world economy.