Why the West rules-- for now : the patterns of history, and what they reveal about the future / Ian Morris.
2010
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Title
Why the West rules-- for now : the patterns of history, and what they reveal about the future / Ian Morris.
Author
Morris, Ian, 1960-
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780374290023 (alk. paper)
0374290024 (alk. paper)
0374290024 (alk. paper)
Imprint
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.
Language
English
Description
xiii, 750 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number
CB251 .M68 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
909/.09821
Summary
Archaeologist and historian Ian Morris explains that Western dominance is largely the result of 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, however, the world over the next hundred years will subsequently change in astonishing ways, transforming Western rule in the process.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Before East and West
The West takes the lead
Taking the measure of the past
The East catches up
Neck and neck
Decline and fall
The Eastern age
Going global
The West catches up
The Western age
Why the West rules ...
... For now
Appendix : On social development.
The West takes the lead
Taking the measure of the past
The East catches up
Neck and neck
Decline and fall
The Eastern age
Going global
The West catches up
The Western age
Why the West rules ...
... For now
Appendix : On social development.