Why the West Rules for Now The Patterns of History and What They Reveal About the Future

Ian Morris

ISBN 10: 1846682088 / ISBN 13: 9781846682087

Published by Unknown, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Why the West Rules for Now The Patterns of History and What They Reveal About the Future
• Publisher: Unknown
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1846682088
• ISBN 13: 9781846682087
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

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 flair and authority, historian and achaeologist Ian Morris draws uniquely on 15,000 years of history to offer fresh insights on what the future will bring. Deeply researched and brilliantly argued, Why The West Rules - For Now is a gripping and truly original history of the world.

About the Author

IAN MORRIS is Willard Professor of Classics, Professor of History, and Director of the Archaeology Centre at Stanford University. He has written and edited a number of books, most recently The Greeks: History, Culture, Society and The Ancient Economy: Evidence and Models, and has appeared on a number of television networks, including the History Network and PBS. This is his first trade book.
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