@article{437263,
      author = {Chua, Amy.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/437263},
      title = {Day of empire : how hyperpowers rise to global  dominance--and why they fall /},
      publisher = {Doubleday,},
      abstract = {Historians have long debated the rise and fall of empires.  To date, however, no one has studied the far rarer  phenomenon of hyperpowers--those few societies that amassed  such extraordinary military and economic might that they  essentially dominated the world. Here, globalization expert  Chua explains how hyperpowers rise and why they fall. She  examines history's hyperpowers--Persia, Rome, Tang China,  the Mongols, the Dutch, the British, and the United  States--and reveals the reasons behind their success, as  well as the roots of their ultimate demise. For all their  differences, she argues, every one of these world-dominant  powers was, at least by the standards of its time,  extraordinarily pluralistic and tolerant, succeeding by  harnessing the skills and energies of individuals from very  different backgrounds. But Chua also uncovers a great  historical irony: in virtually every instance,  multicultural tolerance eventually sowed the seeds of  decline, and diversity became a liability.--From publisher  description.},
      recid = {437263},
      pages = {xxxiv, 396 p. ;},
      address = {New York :},
      year = {2007},
}