The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000About national and international power in the "modern" or Post Renaissance period. Explains how the various powers have risen and fallen over the 5 centuries since the formation of the "new monarchies" in W. Europe. "From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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... Japanese products . Year after year , the populations of these prosperous markets have bought Japanese steel , machine tools , motorcycles , automobiles , and TV sets and other electrical goods . Year after year , Japan's trading ...
... Japanese products . Year after year , the populations of these prosperous markets have bought Japanese steel , machine tools , motorcycles , automobiles , and TV sets and other electrical goods . Year after year , Japan's trading ...
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... Japan encourage private savings . On average , too , the individual in Japan has to save much more for his or her old age , since the pension schemes are usually less generous . What all this means is that Japanese banks and insurance ...
... Japan encourage private savings . On average , too , the individual in Japan has to save much more for his or her old age , since the pension schemes are usually less generous . What all this means is that Japanese banks and insurance ...
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... Japan ( New York , 1985 ) , chs . 2 and 4 ; S. Hayashi with A. Coox , Kogun : The Japanese Army in the Pacific War ( Westport , Conn . , 1978 reprint ) , ch . 1 . 64. Willmott , Empires in the Balance , p . 55 ; P. M. Kennedy , " Japan's ...
... Japan ( New York , 1985 ) , chs . 2 and 4 ; S. Hayashi with A. Coox , Kogun : The Japanese Army in the Pacific War ( Westport , Conn . , 1978 reprint ) , ch . 1 . 64. Willmott , Empires in the Balance , p . 55 ; P. M. Kennedy , " Japan's ...
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World Power Centers in the Sixteenth Century | 5 |
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The Political Divisions of Europe in the Sixteenth Century | 18 |
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