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Why the West Rules

Paperback • 2011 • English

Why the West Rules

By Ian Morris

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The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future 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...Show more

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9781846682087

Published year

2011

Language

English

Original title

Why the West Rules

Format

Paperback

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