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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... Table 9 . Table 9. GNP of the European Great Powers , 1830-189060 ( at market prices , in 1960 U.S. dollars and prices ; in billions ) 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 Russia 10.5 11.2 12.7 14.4 22.9 23.2 21.1 France 8.5 10.3 11.8 ...
... Table 9 . Table 9. GNP of the European Great Powers , 1830-189060 ( at market prices , in 1960 U.S. dollars and prices ; in billions ) 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 Russia 10.5 11.2 12.7 14.4 22.9 23.2 21.1 France 8.5 10.3 11.8 ...
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... Table 12. The first is to compare the total population of a country with the part of it that is living in urban areas ( Table 13 ) , for that is usually a significant indicator of industrial / commercial modernization ; the sec- ond is ...
... Table 12. The first is to compare the total population of a country with the part of it that is living in urban areas ( Table 13 ) , for that is usually a significant indicator of industrial / commercial modernization ; the sec- ond is ...
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... Table 16 . Table 16. Energy Consumption of the Powers , 1890-193822 ( in millions of metric tons of coal equivalent ) 1890 1900 1910 1913 1920 1930 1938 United States 147 248 483 541 694 762 697 Britain 145 171 185 195 212 184 196 ...
... Table 16 . Table 16. Energy Consumption of the Powers , 1890-193822 ( in millions of metric tons of coal equivalent ) 1890 1900 1910 1913 1920 1930 1938 United States 147 248 483 541 694 762 697 Britain 145 171 185 195 212 184 196 ...
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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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