The period of Early Modern Globalisation is discerned by trade arrangements such as the East India Company, the shift of dominance to Western Europe and the rise of new commodities, particularly the slave trade. The Columbian Exchange also significantly encouraged globalisation between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, including the distribution of newly introduced flora and fauna by Christopher Columbus in 1492. ... The slave trade also developed alongside early Colonial developments in the New World, and although it was an ancient institution found in a large percentage of the world&#x...

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In a way they can be compared to the "Lost Generation" in the contemporary novel "Fiesta- The Sun Also Rises" by Hemingway, a book with similar themes but an entirely different and more serious stance. ... The presentation of the "Bright Young Things" as a group is also unclear; they appear distrustful of each other to an extent and unable to form close bonds. ... Waugh's choice of words for the narration of the story is also juvenile and immature in its simplicity. ... Though the underlying theme of the novel is the aimlessness and innocence of the Bright Young Things, Waugh also success...

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