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020 _a9781846681479 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 _a9781847652942 (hardcover : alk. paper)
040 _cCUS
082 0 0 _a951
_bMOR/W
100 1 _aMorris, Ian,
245 1 0 _aWhy the West rules--for now: the patterns of history, and what they reveal about the future/
_cIan Morris.
260 _aNew York :
_bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,
_c2010.
300 _axiii, 750 p. :
_c24 cm.
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.
650 0 _aCivilization, Western.
650 0 _aCivilization, Modern.
650 0 _aComparative civilization.
650 0 _aEast and West.
942 _cWB16