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007			Hard bound
008			100224s2010 nyuab b 001 0 eng
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020			_a9781846681479
024			_a40018452012
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035			_a(OCoLC)531718733
035			_a(NNC)8143512
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050	0	0	_aCB251 _b.M68 2010
082	0	0	_a909.09821 _222 _bMO-W
100	1		_aMorris, Ian _d1960- _927558
245	1	0	_aWhy the west rules for now _bthe patterns of history and what they reveal about the future
260			_aNew York _bFarrar, Straus and Giroux _c2010
300			_axiii,750p. _bill., maps ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_tPART I -- _g1. _tBefore East and West -- _g2. _tThe West Takes the Lead -- _g3. _tTaking the Measure of the Past -- _tPART II -- _g4. _tThe East Catches Up -- _g5. _tNeck and Neck -- _g6. _tDecline and Fall -- _g7. _tThe Eastern Age -- _g8. _tGoing Global -- _g9. _tThe West Catches Up -- _g10. _tThe Western Age -- _tPART III -- _g11. _tWhy the West Rules ... -- _g12. _t...For Now.
520	1		_a"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 worry that the emerging economic power of China and India spells the end of the West as a superpower. In order to understand this possibility, we need to look back in time. Why has the West dominated the globe for the past two hundred years, and will its power last?" "Describing the patterns of human history, the archaeologist and historian Ian Morris offers surprising new answers to both questions. It is not, he reveals, differences of race or culture, or even the strivings of great individuals, that explain Western dominance. It is the effects of geography on the everyday efforts of ordinary people as they deal with crises of resources, disease, migration, and climate. As geography and human ingenuity continue to interact, the world will change in astonishing ways, transforming Western rule in the process." "Deeply researched and brilliantly argued, Why the West Rules---for Now spans fifty thousand years of history and offers fresh insights on nearly every page. The book brings together the latest findings across disciplines---from ancient history to neuroscience---not only to explain why the West came to rule the world but also to predict what the next hundred years will bring."--BOOK JACKET.
650		0	_aCivilization, Western. _927559
650		0	_aCivilization, Modern. _927560
650		0	_aComparative civilization. _927561
650		0	_aEast and West. _927562
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