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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... Relative Shares of World Manufacturing Output , 1750-1900 1750 1800 1830 1860 1880 1900 ( Europe as a whole ) 23.2 28.1 34.2 53.2 61.3 62.0 United Kingdom 1.9 4.3 9.5 19.9 22.9 18.5 Habsburg Empire 2.9 3.2 3.2 4.2 4.4 4.7 France 4.0 4.2 ...
... Relative Shares of World Manufacturing Output , 1750-1900 1750 1800 1830 1860 1880 1900 ( Europe as a whole ) 23.2 28.1 34.2 53.2 61.3 62.0 United Kingdom 1.9 4.3 9.5 19.9 22.9 18.5 Habsburg Empire 2.9 3.2 3.2 4.2 4.4 4.7 France 4.0 4.2 ...
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... relative terms to indicate a country's com- parative industrial position over time ( Table 17 ) . Table 17. Total Industrial Potential of the Powers in Relative Perspective , 1880-193823 ( U.K. in 1900 = 100 ) 1880 1900 1913 1928 1938 ...
... relative terms to indicate a country's com- parative industrial position over time ( Table 17 ) . Table 17. Total Industrial Potential of the Powers in Relative Perspective , 1880-193823 ( U.K. in 1900 = 100 ) 1880 1900 1913 1928 1938 ...
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... Relative Shares of World Manufacturing Output , 1880-193824 ( percent ) 1880 1900 1913 1928 1938 Britain 22.9 18.5 ... relative to the state's foreign or imperial obligations ; it has to be considered relative to the power of other ...
... Relative Shares of World Manufacturing Output , 1880-193824 ( percent ) 1880 1900 1913 1928 1938 Britain 22.9 18.5 ... relative to the state's foreign or imperial obligations ; it has to be considered relative to the power of other ...
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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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