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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... tion is poverty . . . . with low productivity , low output per head , in traditional agriculture , any economy which has agriculture as the main constituent of its national income does not produce much of a surplus above the immediate ...
... tion is poverty . . . . with low productivity , low output per head , in traditional agriculture , any economy which has agriculture as the main constituent of its national income does not produce much of a surplus above the immediate ...
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... tion was most likely to be enhanced if it could create other Marxist - led states which looked to Moscow for guidance . Such considerations , much more than any centuries - old drive toward warm - water ports , probably ordered the ...
... tion was most likely to be enhanced if it could create other Marxist - led states which looked to Moscow for guidance . Such considerations , much more than any centuries - old drive toward warm - water ports , probably ordered the ...
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... tion of a coherent , long - term American grand strategy ; their cumula- tive and interacting effect is , however , to make it much more difficult than otherwise to carry out needed changes of policy if that seems to hurt special ...
... tion of a coherent , long - term American grand strategy ; their cumula- tive and interacting effect is , however , to make it much more difficult than otherwise to carry out needed changes of policy if that seems to hurt special ...
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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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