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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... nomic shifts heralded the rise of new Great Powers which would one day have a decisive impact upon the military / territorial order . This is why the move in the global productive balances toward the " Pacific rim " which has taken ...
... nomic shifts heralded the rise of new Great Powers which would one day have a decisive impact upon the military / territorial order . This is why the move in the global productive balances toward the " Pacific rim " which has taken ...
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... nomic standing than the wild fluctuations in the dollar - franc exchange rate . Even in periods of sustained economic growth , then , there was a certain precariousness to the French economy - which , in the event of shock , sent many ...
... nomic standing than the wild fluctuations in the dollar - franc exchange rate . Even in periods of sustained economic growth , then , there was a certain precariousness to the French economy - which , in the event of shock , sent many ...
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... nomic growth upon the American social / political consensus . To a degree which amazes most Europeans , the United States in the twen- tieth century has managed to avoid ostensible " class " politics . This is due , one imagines , to ...
... nomic growth upon the American social / political consensus . To a degree which amazes most Europeans , the United States in the twen- tieth century has managed to avoid ostensible " class " politics . This is due , one imagines , to ...
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