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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5 percent ; in the next thirty years , British industrial expansion pushed that figure
to 19 . ... its zenith in relative terms , the United Kingdom produced 53 percent of
the world ' s iron and 50 percent of its coal and lignite , and consumed just under
...
5 percent ; in the next thirty years , British industrial expansion pushed that figure
to 19 . ... its zenith in relative terms , the United Kingdom produced 53 percent of
the world ' s iron and 50 percent of its coal and lignite , and consumed just under
...
Page 311
devaluation of the franc when all of the other major trading countries had gone "
off " gold meant that French exports became less and less competitive , and its
foreign trade collapsed : “ imports went down by 60 percent and exports by 70 ...
devaluation of the franc when all of the other major trading countries had gone "
off " gold meant that French exports became less and less competitive , and its
foreign trade collapsed : “ imports went down by 60 percent and exports by 70 ...
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Textile production , which still provided 40 percent of British exports , was cut by
two - thirds ; coal , which provided another 10 percent of exports , dropped by one
- fifth ; shipbuilding was so badly hit that in 1933 production fell to 7 percent of ...
Textile production , which still provided 40 percent of British exports , was cut by
two - thirds ; coal , which provided another 10 percent of exports , dropped by one
- fifth ; shipbuilding was so badly hit that in 1933 production fell to 7 percent of ...
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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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