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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Two generations later , that was no longer the case , as shown in Table 9 . 1890
Table 9 . GNP of the European Great Powers , 1830 – 189060 ( at market prices ,
in 1960 U . S . dollars and prices ; in billions ) 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 ...
Two generations later , that was no longer the case , as shown in Table 9 . 1890
Table 9 . GNP of the European Great Powers , 1830 – 189060 ( at market prices ,
in 1960 U . S . dollars and prices ; in billions ) 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 ...
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the others , with Germany and ( later ) Japan beginning to draw a little away from
the remainder . Table 12 . Total Population of the Powers , 1890 – 193817 (
millions ) 1890 1900 1910 1913 1920 1928 1 Russia 116 . 8 135 . 6 159 . 3 175 .
the others , with Germany and ( later ) Japan beginning to draw a little away from
the remainder . Table 12 . Total Population of the Powers , 1890 – 193817 (
millions ) 1890 1900 1910 1913 1920 1928 1 Russia 116 . 8 135 . 6 159 . 3 175 .
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8 Tables 15 and 16 both confirm the swift industrial changes which occurred in
absolute terms to some of the powers in ... This can also be represented in
relative terms to indicate a country ' s comparative industrial position over time (
Table ...
8 Tables 15 and 16 both confirm the swift industrial changes which occurred in
absolute terms to some of the powers in ... This can also be represented in
relative terms to indicate a country ' s comparative industrial position over time (
Table ...
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The Rise of the Western World | 3 |
World Power Centers in the Sixteenth Century | 5 |
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| Title | The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000 Power and Morality Collection at Harvard Business School |
| Author | Paul M. Kennedy |
| Contributor | Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection (University of Virginia) |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Random House, 1987 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 9 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 0394546741, 9780394546742 |
| Length | 677 pages |
| Subjects | › Business & Economics / Economic History History / World |
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