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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... investment greatly reduced the unemployment totals even before conscription did the rest.80 By 1936 , however , the economic recovery was being increas- ingly affected by the fantastic expenditure upon armaments . In the short term ...
... investment greatly reduced the unemployment totals even before conscription did the rest.80 By 1936 , however , the economic recovery was being increas- ingly affected by the fantastic expenditure upon armaments . In the short term ...
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... investment by banks and companies . It is instructive in this regard to recall the widespread alarm in the mid - 1960s at what Servan - Schreiber called le défi Americain - the vast outward surge of U.S. investments into Europe ( and ...
... investment by banks and companies . It is instructive in this regard to recall the widespread alarm in the mid - 1960s at what Servan - Schreiber called le défi Americain - the vast outward surge of U.S. investments into Europe ( and ...
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... investment , " it is likely to find its economic output slowing down , with dire implications for its long - term capacity to maintain both its citizens ' consumption demands and its international position . Already this is happening in ...
... investment , " it is likely to find its economic output slowing down , with dire implications for its long - term capacity to maintain both its citizens ' consumption demands and its international position . Already this is happening 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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