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. |
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Page 323
... output increased from 35.4 to 128 million tons and steel production from 4 to 17.7 million tons , electricity output rose sevenfold , machine - tool figures over twentyfold , and tractors nearly fortyfold.131 By the late 1930s , indeed ...
... output increased from 35.4 to 128 million tons and steel production from 4 to 17.7 million tons , electricity output rose sevenfold , machine - tool figures over twentyfold , and tractors nearly fortyfold.131 By the late 1930s , indeed ...
Page 363
... output ; in the Ukraine , for example , metallurgical and electrical output around 1950 had reached , or just exceeded , the 1940 figures . Once again , because of war , Russia's economic growth had been choked back by a decade or so ...
... output ; in the Ukraine , for example , metallurgical and electrical output around 1950 had reached , or just exceeded , the 1940 figures . Once again , because of war , Russia's economic growth had been choked back by a decade or so ...
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... output of 12.8 million such vehicles ; by 1980 , it was producing a mere 23 percent of the world output , but since the latter totaled 30 million units , the absolute American production had increased to 6.9 million units . Yet despite ...
... output of 12.8 million such vehicles ; by 1980 , it was producing a mere 23 percent of the world output , but since the latter totaled 30 million units , the absolute American production had increased to 6.9 million units . Yet despite ...
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