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An edition of Civilization (2011)

Civilization

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What was it about the civilization of Western Europe that allowed it to trump the outwardly superior empires of the Orient? The answer, Niall Ferguson argues, was that the West developed six "killer applications"?that the Rest lacked: competition, science, democracy, medicine, consumerism and the work ethic. The key question today is whether or not the West has lost its monopoly on these six things. If so, Ferguson warns, we may be living through the end of Western ascendancy.

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Allen Lane
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English
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402

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World politics, International relations, Western Civilization, Hegemony, History, New York Times bestseller, nyt:hardcover_business_books=2011-12-24, Civilization, modern, Civilization, western, History, modern, East and west, Modern History, Comparative civilization, Cultuur, New York Times reviewed, Zivilisation, Überlegenheit

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Civilization: the six killer apps of western power
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Der Westen und der Rest der Welt
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Civilization: the West and the rest
2011, Penguin Press
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2011, Allen Lane
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 348-378) and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
909.08
Library of Congress
D208 .F47 2011, CB357, D208 F47 2011

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xxx, 402 p
Number of pages
402

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OL30511964M
Internet Archive
civilizationwest0000ferg
ISBN 10
1846142733
ISBN 13
9781846142734
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2010681251
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704199921

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