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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Page 168
... France's ; by 1830 it was 182.5 percent of France's ; and by 1860 that had risen to 251 percent.53 Moreover , even when France's rate of railway construction and general industrialization began to quicken in the second half of the ...
... France's ; by 1830 it was 182.5 percent of France's ; and by 1860 that had risen to 251 percent.53 Moreover , even when France's rate of railway construction and general industrialization began to quicken in the second half of the ...
Page 221
... France's population look impressive - e.g . , per capita growth rates , per capita value of exports , etc. Finally , there was the undeniable fact that France was immensely rich in terms of mobile capital , which could be ( and ...
... France's population look impressive - e.g . , per capita growth rates , per capita value of exports , etc. Finally , there was the undeniable fact that France was immensely rich in terms of mobile capital , which could be ( and ...
Page 484
... France's economic structure and prospects are com- pared with those of its powerful neighbor across the Rhine - or with Japan's - the precariousness shows through . While France is still spec- tacularly adroit in exporting fighter ...
... France's economic structure and prospects are com- pared with those of its powerful neighbor across the Rhine - or with Japan's - the precariousness shows through . While France is still spec- tacularly adroit in exporting fighter ...
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The Political Divisions of Europe in the Sixteenth Century | 18 |
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