Why the West Rules--For Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal about the Future

by Ian Morris

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A "New York Times" Notable Book for 2011 Sometime around 1750, English entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of steam and coal, and the world was forever changed. The emergence of factories, railroads, and gunboats propelled the West's rise to power in the nineteenth century, and the development of computers and nuclear weapons in the twentieth century secured its global supremacy. Now, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, many...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0374290024

ISBN13:9780374290023

Release Date:October 2010

Publisher:Farrar Straus Giroux

Length:750 Pages

Weight:2.40 lbs.

Dimensions:1.5" x 6.3" x 9.0"

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Ancient Civilization & Culture Early Civilization Economics Globalization Historical Study & Educational Resources History International Politics & Government Social History World

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