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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Page 78
Thus , the plummeting of Polish governmental stock in the late eighteenth century
and , conversely , the remarkable — and frequently overlooked - strength of
Austria ' s credit for decade after decade mirrored the relative durability of those
78 ...
Thus , the plummeting of Polish governmental stock in the late eighteenth century
and , conversely , the remarkable — and frequently overlooked - strength of
Austria ' s credit for decade after decade mirrored the relative durability of those
78 ...
Page 190
105 Finally , the events of the late 1870s had reemphasized the longstanding
Anglo - Russian rivalry in the Near East and Asia , which inclined both of those
powers to look toward Berlin for benevolent neutrality , and turned public
attention ...
105 Finally , the events of the late 1870s had reemphasized the longstanding
Anglo - Russian rivalry in the Near East and Asia , which inclined both of those
powers to look toward Berlin for benevolent neutrality , and turned public
attention ...
Page 287
This was evident in China by the late 1920s , where the old European order of
treaty privileges , commercial ... up of the trade unions in the late 1920s , the firm
French reaction to Tonkinese unrest at the intense agricultural development of
rice ...
This was evident in China by the late 1920s , where the old European order of
treaty privileges , commercial ... up of the trade unions in the late 1920s , the firm
French reaction to Tonkinese unrest at the intense agricultural development of
rice ...
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The rise and fall of the great powers: economic change and military conflict from 1500 to 2000
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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