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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... expansion of Europe were wide- spread and permanent , and - most important of all - they helped to accelerate an already - existing dynamic . The emphasis upon the acqui- sition of gold , silver , precious metals , and spices ...
... expansion of Europe were wide- spread and permanent , and - most important of all - they helped to accelerate an already - existing dynamic . The emphasis upon the acqui- sition of gold , silver , precious metals , and spices ...
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... Expansion of International Society ( Oxford , 1984 ) , pp . 229ff , as well as the other essays in sec . 3 ; Barraclough , Introduction to Contemporary History , ch . 6 ; R. Emerson , From Empire to Nation : The Rise to Self - Assertion ...
... Expansion of International Society ( Oxford , 1984 ) , pp . 229ff , as well as the other essays in sec . 3 ; Barraclough , Introduction to Contemporary History , ch . 6 ; R. Emerson , From Empire to Nation : The Rise to Self - Assertion ...
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... Expansion of International Society . Oxford , 1984 . Bullock , A. Ernest Bevin , Foreign Secretary . Oxford , 1983 ... Expansion 1815-1914 . Lon- don , 1980 . and A.G. Hopkins , “ The Political Economy of British Expansion Overseas ...
... Expansion of International Society . Oxford , 1984 . Bullock , A. Ernest Bevin , Foreign Secretary . Oxford , 1983 ... Expansion 1815-1914 . Lon- don , 1980 . and A.G. Hopkins , “ The Political Economy of British Expansion Overseas ...
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