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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... rise of the Atlantic trades after 1500 was not uniformly beneficial to all the states of Europe - it boosted some much more than others . In the same way , the later development of steam power and of the coal and metal resources upon ...
... rise of the Atlantic trades after 1500 was not uniformly beneficial to all the states of Europe - it boosted some much more than others . In the same way , the later development of steam power and of the coal and metal resources upon ...
Page xxii
... rise and fall of the Great Powers " over the past five hundred years , it is clear that some generally valid conclu- sions can be drawn - while admitting all the time that there may be individual exceptions . For example , there is ...
... rise and fall of the Great Powers " over the past five hundred years , it is clear that some generally valid conclu- sions can be drawn - while admitting all the time that there may be individual exceptions . For example , there is ...
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... Rise of the Anglo - German Antagonism , ch . 14 . 184. Kennedy , Rise of the Anglo - German Antagonism , pp . 268ff ; further details in B. Vogel , Deutsche Russlandpolitik , 1900–1906 ( Düsseldorf , 1973 ) . 185. The complicated events ...
... Rise of the Anglo - German Antagonism , ch . 14 . 184. Kennedy , Rise of the Anglo - German Antagonism , pp . 268ff ; further details in B. Vogel , Deutsche Russlandpolitik , 1900–1906 ( Düsseldorf , 1973 ) . 185. The complicated events ...
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