Why the West Rules--For Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal about the Future - Paperback
by Ian Morris
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Picador USAISBN-13:9780312611699ISBN-10:312611692UPC:9780312611699Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:World, Historical Geography, EuropeSize:8.10 x 5.40 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCQ5JC3Q39
Why the West Rules--For Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal about the Future
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,...Language:EnglishPublisher:Picador USAISBN-13:9780312611699ISBN-10:312611692UPC:9780312611699Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:World, Historical Geography, EuropeSize:8.10 x 5.40 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCQ5JC3Q39
IAN MORRIS is Willard Professor of Classics and History at Stanford University. He has published ten scholarly books, including, most recently, The Dynamics of Ancient Empires, and has directed excavations in Greece and Italy. He lives in the Santa Cruz Mountains in California.
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