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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Page 157
... overseas producers to rival its own production in future decades . In this connection , it is worth noting that while the coming of steam power , the factory system , railways , and later electricity enabled the British to overcome ...
... overseas producers to rival its own production in future decades . In this connection , it is worth noting that while the coming of steam power , the factory system , railways , and later electricity enabled the British to overcome ...
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... overseas trade was accompanied , perhaps inevitably , by a more assertive diplomacy and by an American - style rhetoric of Weltpolitik . 165 Claims to a special moral endowment among the peoples of the earth which made Ameri- can ...
... overseas trade was accompanied , perhaps inevitably , by a more assertive diplomacy and by an American - style rhetoric of Weltpolitik . 165 Claims to a special moral endowment among the peoples of the earth which made Ameri- can ...
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... overseas investments , some of which at least could be liquidated to pay for dollar purchases . Diplomatically , these overseas ties meant that Britain's decision to intervene influenced Japan's action in the Far East , Italy's ...
... overseas investments , some of which at least could be liquidated to pay for dollar purchases . Diplomatically , these overseas ties meant that Britain's decision to intervene influenced Japan's action in the Far East , Italy'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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