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Why the West Rules - for Now
Ian Morris
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Description for Why the West Rules - for Now
Paperback. Why does the West rule? This title answers this provocative question, drawing on 15,000 years of history and archaeology, and the methods of social science. Num Pages: 768 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 47. Weight in Grams: 604.
In the middle of the eighteenth century, British entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of steam and coal and the world changed forever. Factories, railways and gunboats then propelled the West's rise to power, and computers and nuclear weapons in the twentieth century secured its global supremacy. Today, however, many worry that the emergence of China and India spell the end of the West as a superpower. How long will the power of the West last? In order to find out we need to know: why has the West been so dominant for the past two hundred years? With ... Read more
In the middle of the eighteenth century, British entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of steam and coal and the world changed forever. Factories, railways and gunboats then propelled the West's rise to power, and computers and nuclear weapons in the twentieth century secured its global supremacy. Today, however, many worry that the emergence of China and India spell the end of the West as a superpower. How long will the power of the West last? In order to find out we need to know: why has the West been so dominant for the past two hundred years? With ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books
Number of pages
768
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
768
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846682087
SKU
V9781846682087
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About Ian Morris
Ian Morris is Willard professor of classics, professor of history and a fellow of the Archaeology Centre at Stanford University. He has written and edited a number of academic books and has appeared on a number of television networks. This is his first trade book.
Reviews for Why the West Rules - for Now
A provocative and extraordinary contribution to wide-screen comparative history... a true banquet of ideas
Boyd Tonkin
Independent
An important book - one that challenges, stimulates and entertains. Anyone who does not believe there are lessons to be learned from history should start here
Economist
Perhaps the smartest and sanest guide to the twenty-first century ... Read more
Boyd Tonkin
Independent
An important book - one that challenges, stimulates and entertains. Anyone who does not believe there are lessons to be learned from history should start here
Economist
Perhaps the smartest and sanest guide to the twenty-first century ... Read more