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. "From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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... France off in the future from its traditional routes of expansion . Thus , while Prussia acted as guardian to the Rhineland , Austria strengthened its position in northern Italy , and British influence was expanded in the Iberian ...
... France off in the future from its traditional routes of expansion . Thus , while Prussia acted as guardian to the Rhineland , Austria strengthened its position in northern Italy , and British influence was expanded in the Iberian ...
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... France the familiar , ugly landscape of an industrial society took place . Important strides were made in engineering and the newer industries . . . . France had its notable entrepreneurs and innovators who won a leading place in the ...
... France the familiar , ugly landscape of an industrial society took place . Important strides were made in engineering and the newer industries . . . . France had its notable entrepreneurs and innovators who won a leading place in the ...
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... France Between the Wars ( New York , 1940 ) ; and W. M. Jordan , Britain , France and the German Problem ( London , 1943 ) ; as well as the essays in N. Waites ( ed . ) , Troubled Neighbours : Franco - British Relations in the Twentieth ...
... France Between the Wars ( New York , 1940 ) ; and W. M. Jordan , Britain , France and the German Problem ( London , 1943 ) ; as well as the essays in N. Waites ( ed . ) , Troubled Neighbours : Franco - British Relations in the Twentieth ...
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World Power Centers in the Sixteenth Century | 5 |
The Political Divisions of Europe in the Sixteenth Century | 18 |
TABLES CHARTS TABLES | 29 |
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