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. |
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... European States System , " Annals of the Association of American Geographers , vol . 54 ( 1964 ) , pp . 24-40 ; R. G. Wesson , State Systems : International Relations , Politics and Culture ( New York , 1978 ) , p . 111 ; Jones , European ...
... European States System , " Annals of the Association of American Geographers , vol . 54 ( 1964 ) , pp . 24-40 ; R. G. Wesson , State Systems : International Relations , Politics and Culture ( New York , 1978 ) , p . 111 ; Jones , European ...
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... European Order 1660-1800 ( Oxford , 1978 ) ; E. N. Williams , The Ancien Regime in Europe 1648-1789 ( Harmondsworth , Mddsx . , 1979 edn . ) . Europe in the outside world is treated in J. H. Parry , Trade and Dominion : The European ...
... European Order 1660-1800 ( Oxford , 1978 ) ; E. N. Williams , The Ancien Regime in Europe 1648-1789 ( Harmondsworth , Mddsx . , 1979 edn . ) . Europe in the outside world is treated in J. H. Parry , Trade and Dominion : The European ...
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... Europe 1815-1975 , vol . 1 ; and in B. R. Mitchell , European Historical Statistics 1750-1975 ( 2nd edn . , New York , 1981 ) , e.g. , coal figures on p . 381 , etc. For comparative analyses of the two nations ' economies , see again ...
... Europe 1815-1975 , vol . 1 ; and in B. R. Mitchell , European Historical Statistics 1750-1975 ( 2nd edn . , New York , 1981 ) , e.g. , coal figures on p . 381 , etc. For comparative analyses of the two nations ' economies , see again ...
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