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Why Europe? the rise of the West in world history, 1500-1850 / Jack A. Goldstone.

By: Goldstone, Jack A.
Series: Explorations in World History.Publisher: Boston : McGraw-Hill Higher Education, c2009Description: viii, 184 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780072848014 (pbk.); 0072848014 (pbk.).Other title: Rise of the West in world history, 1500-1850.Subject(s): East and West | Europe -- Social conditions | Europe -- Civilization | Asia -- Social conditions | Asia -- CivilizationDDC classification: 909.08
Contents:
The world circa 1500 : when riches were in the East -- Patterns of change in world history -- The great religions and social change -- Trade and conquest -- Family life and standards of living -- States, laws, taxes, and revolutions -- Changing the pace of change : was there an industrial revolution? -- Trajectories of science in the East and the West -- The rise of the West, a temporary phase?
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The world circa 1500 : when riches were in the East -- Patterns of change in world history -- The great religions and social change -- Trade and conquest -- Family life and standards of living -- States, laws, taxes, and revolutions -- Changing the pace of change : was there an industrial revolution? -- Trajectories of science in the East and the West -- The rise of the West, a temporary phase?

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