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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... output in the year 1925 ; 10 what the war did was to accelerate that event by a mere six years , to 1919. On the other hand , unlike the 1880-1913 changes , these particular shifts in the global economic bal- ances were not taking place ...
... output in the year 1925 ; 10 what the war did was to accelerate that event by a mere six years , to 1919. On the other hand , unlike the 1880-1913 changes , these particular shifts in the global economic bal- ances were not taking place ...
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... output increased from 35.4 to 128 million tons and steel production from 4 to 17.7 million tons , electricity output rose sevenfold , machine - tool figures over twentyfold , and tractors nearly fortyfold.131 By the late 1930s , indeed ...
... output increased from 35.4 to 128 million tons and steel production from 4 to 17.7 million tons , electricity output rose sevenfold , machine - tool figures over twentyfold , and tractors nearly fortyfold.131 By the late 1930s , indeed ...
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... output of 12.8 million such vehicles ; by 1980 , it was producing a mere 23 percent of the world output , but since the latter totaled 30 million units , the absolute American production had increased to 6.9 million units . Yet despite ...
... output of 12.8 million such vehicles ; by 1980 , it was producing a mere 23 percent of the world output , but since the latter totaled 30 million units , the absolute American production had increased to 6.9 million units . Yet despite ...
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