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 281
... caused by the war , no European country was ready to follow the United States back onto the gold standard in 1919. Lax monetary and fiscal policies caused inflation to keep on increasing , with disas- trous results in central and ...
... caused by the war , no European country was ready to follow the United States back onto the gold standard in 1919. Lax monetary and fiscal policies caused inflation to keep on increasing , with disas- trous results in central and ...
Page 362
... caused by the reduced food rations , forced labor , and vastly increased hours of work , so that " altogether probably some 20-25 million Soviet citizens died premature deaths between 1941 and 1945. " 50 Since the casualties were mainly ...
... caused by the reduced food rations , forced labor , and vastly increased hours of work , so that " altogether probably some 20-25 million Soviet citizens died premature deaths between 1941 and 1945. " 50 Since the casualties were mainly ...
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... caused as much by the necessary adjustment to market costs as by the frequently denounced " racketeering " and " profiteering " ) has caused mutterings among urban workers , whose incomes have not risen as fast as either the farmers ...
... caused as much by the necessary adjustment to market costs as by the frequently denounced " racketeering " and " profiteering " ) has caused mutterings among urban workers , whose incomes have not risen as fast as either the farmers ...
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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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