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Civilization : the west and the rest
- Title
- Civilization : the west and the rest / Niall Ferguson.
- Author
- Ferguson, Niall.
- Publication
- London ; New York : Allen Lane, c2011.
- Supplementary Content
- Table of contents
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- Description
- xxx, 402 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), charts, maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- What was it about the civilization of Western Europe that allowed it to trump the outwardly superior empires of the Orient? The answer, Niall Ferguson argues, was that the West developed six "killer applications"?that the Rest lacked: competition, science, democracy, medicine, consumerism and the work ethic. The key question today is whether or not the West has lost its monopoly on these six things. If so, Ferguson warns, we may be living through the end of Western ascendancy.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 348-378) and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 11-1393
- ISBN
- 1846142733
- 9781846142734
- LCCN
- 2010681251
- OCLC
- 704199921
- Author
- Ferguson, Niall.
- Title
- Civilization : the west and the rest / Niall Ferguson.
- Imprint
- London ; New York : Allen Lane, c2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 348-378) and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JFE 11-1393