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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... capital , the practice of buying cheap and selling dear , the ostentation of the nouveau riche merchant , all offended the elite , scholarly bureau- crats almost as much as they aroused the resentments of the toiling masses . While not ...
... capital , the practice of buying cheap and selling dear , the ostentation of the nouveau riche merchant , all offended the elite , scholarly bureau- crats almost as much as they aroused the resentments of the toiling masses . While not ...
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... capital " that it soon was able to invest in the stock of foreign companies and , most important of all , to subscribe to a whole variety of loans floated by foreign governments , especially in wartime.7 The impact of these activities ...
... capital " that it soon was able to invest in the stock of foreign companies and , most important of all , to subscribe to a whole variety of loans floated by foreign governments , especially in wartime.7 The impact of these activities ...
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... capital invest- ment which could have been devoted to the civilian economy . This does not mean , according to certain economic forecasts , that a large reduction in defense expenditures would quickly lead to a great surge in Russia's ...
... capital invest- ment which could have been devoted to the civilian economy . This does not mean , according to certain economic forecasts , that a large reduction in defense expenditures would quickly lead to a great surge in Russia's ...
Contents
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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