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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... share of foreign commerce contracted even faster , from 13.8 percent in 1929 to less than 10 percent in 1932. What ... share of world manufacturing output was lower than at any time since around 1910 ( see Table 30 ) . Because of the ...
... share of foreign commerce contracted even faster , from 13.8 percent in 1929 to less than 10 percent in 1932. What ... share of world manufacturing output was lower than at any time since around 1910 ( see Table 30 ) . Because of the ...
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... share of the world's wealth , production , and trade which it had possessed in 1945. Yet mention of that year is , of course , the most important fact in understanding the American rela- tive decline . As argued above , the United ...
... share of the world's wealth , production , and trade which it had possessed in 1945. Yet mention of that year is , of course , the most important fact in understanding the American rela- tive decline . As argued above , the United ...
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... share of , 151 China's share of , 419-20 1880-1938 , 202 during Great Depression , 329-30 historical statistics on , 145 during Industrial Revolution , 148-49 , 151 post - World War II growth rates in , 413-15 Third World share of , 415 ...
... share of , 151 China's share of , 419-20 1880-1938 , 202 during Great Depression , 329-30 historical statistics on , 145 during Industrial Revolution , 148-49 , 151 post - World War II growth rates in , 413-15 Third World share of , 415 ...
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The Political Divisions of Europe in the Sixteenth Century | 18 |
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