The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000With 200,000 hardcover copies in print, this book has received worldwide attention. Kennedy explains how the various world powers have risen and fallen over the five centuries since the formation of the "new monarchies" in Western Europe. |
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Huge libraries existed from early on . Printing by movable type had already
appeared in eleventh - century China , and soon large numbers of books were in
existence . Trade and industry , stimulated by the canal - building and population
...
Huge libraries existed from early on . Printing by movable type had already
appeared in eleventh - century China , and soon large numbers of books were in
existence . Trade and industry , stimulated by the canal - building and population
...
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early. sixteenth century , although impressed by its size , population , and riches ,
might have observed that this was a country which had turned in on itself . That
remark certainly could not then have been made of the Ottoman Empire , which ...
early. sixteenth century , although impressed by its size , population , and riches ,
might have observed that this was a country which had turned in on itself . That
remark certainly could not then have been made of the Ottoman Empire , which ...
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This may not have mattered in the early , successful stages , but it did become
important during the retreat , when men were desperate to escape from the bitter
weather and marauding Cossacks and to return to their own homes . 92 The
Grand ...
This may not have mattered in the early , successful stages , but it did become
important during the retreat , when men were desperate to escape from the bitter
weather and marauding Cossacks and to return to their own homes . 92 The
Grand ...
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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictYale historian Kennedy surveys the ebb and flow of power among the major states of Europe from the 16th centurywhen Europe's preeminence first took shapethrough and beyond the present erawhen great ... Read full review
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| Title | The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000 History/Political Science |
| Authors | Paul Kennedy, Paul M. Kennedy, Professor Paul Kennedy |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Vintage Books, 1989 |
| ISBN | 0679720197, 9780679720195 |
| Length | 677 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / Economic History History / Modern / 20th Century History / World |
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