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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Page 157
... increasing prosperity and world harmony . Al- though many individuals - Tory protectionists , oriental despots , new- fangled socialists - still seemed too purblind to admit this truth , over time everyone would surely recognize the ...
... increasing prosperity and world harmony . Al- though many individuals - Tory protectionists , oriental despots , new- fangled socialists - still seemed too purblind to admit this truth , over time everyone would surely recognize the ...
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... increasing amounts of British shipping , without which most of this movement of goods could not have been carried out ; and in the supply of foodstuffs . This last - named category seems a curious defect in a country which in peacetime ...
... increasing amounts of British shipping , without which most of this movement of goods could not have been carried out ; and in the supply of foodstuffs . This last - named category seems a curious defect in a country which in peacetime ...
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... increasing payments deficit did see some gold draining out of the United States by the late 1950s , most foreign governments were content to hold more dollars ( that being the leading reserve currency ) rather than demand payment in ...
... increasing payments deficit did see some gold draining out of the United States by the late 1950s , most foreign governments were content to hold more dollars ( that being the leading reserve currency ) rather than demand payment in ...
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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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