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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Table 12. Total Population of the Powers , 1890–193817 ( millions ) 1890 1900
1910 1913 1920 1928 1938 116.8 62.6 49.2 42.6 135.6 75.9 56.0 46.7 159.3
91.9 64.5 50.8 175.1 97.3 66.9 52.1 126.6 105.7 42.8 150.4 119.1 55.4 180.6
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Table 12. Total Population of the Powers , 1890–193817 ( millions ) 1890 1900
1910 1913 1920 1928 1938 116.8 62.6 49.2 42.6 135.6 75.9 56.0 46.7 159.3
91.9 64.5 50.8 175.1 97.3 66.9 52.1 126.6 105.7 42.8 150.4 119.1 55.4 180.6
138.3 ...
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Table 16. Energy Consumption of the Powers , 1890–193822 ( in millions of
metric tons of coal equivalent ) 1890 1900 1910 1913 1920 1930 United States
147 248 483 541 694 762 Britain 145 171 185 195 212 184 Germany 71 112
187 159 ...
Table 16. Energy Consumption of the Powers , 1890–193822 ( in millions of
metric tons of coal equivalent ) 1890 1900 1910 1913 1920 1930 United States
147 248 483 541 694 762 Britain 145 171 185 195 212 184 Germany 71 112
187 159 ...
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Table 33. Tank Production in 194424 Germany 17,800 Russia 29,000 Britain
5,000 United States 17,500 ( in 1943 , 29,500 ) But the most telling statistics of all
relate to aircraft production ( Table 34 ) , for everyone could see that without ...
Table 33. Tank Production in 194424 Germany 17,800 Russia 29,000 Britain
5,000 United States 17,500 ( in 1943 , 29,500 ) But the most telling statistics of all
relate to aircraft production ( Table 34 ) , for everyone could see that without ...
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| Title | The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000 Power and Morality Collection at Harvard Business School |
| Author | Paul M. Kennedy |
| Contributor | Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection (University of Virginia) |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Random House, 1987 |
| ISBN | 0394546741, 9780394546742 |
| Length | 677 pages |
| Subjects | › Business & Economics / Economic History History / World |
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