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 156
... overseas , in a sort of virtuous upward spiral which not only made Britain ever wealthier but gave a continual stimu- lus to global trade and communications . The consequences of this vast export of capital were several , and important ...
... overseas , in a sort of virtuous upward spiral which not only made Britain ever wealthier but gave a continual stimu- lus to global trade and communications . The consequences of this vast export of capital were several , and important ...
Page 246
... overseas trade was accompanied , perhaps inevitably , by a more assertive diplomacy and by an American - style rhetoric of Weltpolitik . 165 Claims to a special moral endowment among the peoples of the earth which made Ameri- can ...
... overseas trade was accompanied , perhaps inevitably , by a more assertive diplomacy and by an American - style rhetoric of Weltpolitik . 165 Claims to a special moral endowment among the peoples of the earth which made Ameri- can ...
Page 466
... overseas assets will exceed $ 1 tril- lion . Not surprisingly , Japanese banks and securities firms are ra- pidly becoming the largest and most successful in the world.73 The consequences of this vast surge in Japanese capital exports ...
... overseas assets will exceed $ 1 tril- lion . Not surprisingly , Japanese banks and securities firms are ra- pidly becoming the largest and most successful in the world.73 The consequences of this vast surge in Japanese capital exports ...
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