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History of World Orders
Torbjorn L. Knutsen
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Description for History of World Orders
Paperback. Drawing in lessons from 400 years of Great-Power politics, this volume challenges both the "declinist" arguments and the overstretched hypothesis of Paul Kennedy to develop an alternative approach to the debate on the rise and fall of the Great Powers. Num Pages: 336 pages, figs.tabs.M. BIC Classification: JPS; PDX; RGCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 2. Weight in Grams: 534.
Drawing in lessons from 400 years of Great-Power politics, this volume challenges both the "declinist" arguments and the overstretched hypothesis of Paul Kennedy to develop an alternative approach to the debate on the rise and fall of the Great Powers. The first half of the book compares the Spanish, Dutch and the First and Second British world orders. It identifies their common features in order to find the most salient causes for their rise as world powers, and the most probable reasons for their decline. The second half of the book addresses the American world order in the 20th century, ... Read more
Drawing in lessons from 400 years of Great-Power politics, this volume challenges both the "declinist" arguments and the overstretched hypothesis of Paul Kennedy to develop an alternative approach to the debate on the rise and fall of the Great Powers. The first half of the book compares the Spanish, Dutch and the First and Second British world orders. It identifies their common features in order to find the most salient causes for their rise as world powers, and the most probable reasons for their decline. The second half of the book addresses the American world order in the 20th century, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719040580
SKU
V9780719040580
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About Torbjorn L. Knutsen
Torbjorn L. Knutsen is a Lecturer at the Department of Sociology and Political Science, University of Trondheim. -- .
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