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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... Perhaps worst affected of all were the peasants , whose lands and stock were preyed upon by the soldiers . As the situa- tion deteriorated , civilian officials also turned to plunder , demanding bribes and confiscating stocks of goods ...
... Perhaps worst affected of all were the peasants , whose lands and stock were preyed upon by the soldiers . As the situa- tion deteriorated , civilian officials also turned to plunder , demanding bribes and confiscating stocks of goods ...
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... perhaps even more significant was the extent to which Rus- sian industrialization , despite some indigenous entrepreneurs , was carried out by foreigners - a successful international firm like Singer , for example , or the large numbers ...
... perhaps even more significant was the extent to which Rus- sian industrialization , despite some indigenous entrepreneurs , was carried out by foreigners - a successful international firm like Singer , for example , or the large numbers ...
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... perhaps the most important ( in terms of sheer output ) will be the already impressive lead which Japan has in the field of industrial robots and its development of ( experimen- tal ) entire factories virtually controlled by computers ...
... perhaps the most important ( in terms of sheer output ) will be the already impressive lead which Japan has in the field of industrial robots and its development of ( experimen- tal ) entire factories virtually controlled by computers ...
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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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