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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... share of the world's wealth , production , and trade which it had possessed in 1945. Yet mention of that year is , of course , the most important fact in understanding the American rela- tive decline . As argued above , the United ...
... share of the world's wealth , production , and trade which it had possessed in 1945. Yet mention of that year is , of course , the most important fact in understanding the American rela- tive decline . As argued above , the United ...
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... share of world production and wealth had shrunk , perhaps faster than need have been the case , the redistribution ... share of world product in the hands of the less - developed countries ; the remarkable growth of Japan and , to a ...
... share of world production and wealth had shrunk , perhaps faster than need have been the case , the redistribution ... share of world product in the hands of the less - developed countries ; the remarkable growth of Japan and , to a ...
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... share of , 151 China's share of , 419-20 1880-1938 , 202 during Great Depression , 329-30 historical statistics on , 145 during Industrial Revolution , 148–49 , 151 post - World War II growth rates in , 413-15 Third World share of , 415 ...
... share of , 151 China's share of , 419-20 1880-1938 , 202 during Great Depression , 329-30 historical statistics on , 145 during Industrial Revolution , 148–49 , 151 post - World War II growth rates in , 413-15 Third World share of , 415 ...
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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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