Why the West rules-- for now (Record no. 8544)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 978-1846682087
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 909/.09MOR
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Morris, Ian.
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Why the West rules-- for now
Remainder of title the patterns of history, and what they reveal about the future
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Straus and Giroux
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2010
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xiii, 750 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Includes bibliographical references (p. [679]-723) and index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. In the middle of the eighteenth century, British entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of steam and coal and the world changed forever. Factories, railways and gunboats then propelled the West's rise to power, and computers and nuclear weapons in the twentieth century secured its global supremacy. Today, however, many worry that the emergence of China and India spell the end of the West as a superpower.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Civilization, Western.
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        UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dar es Salaam UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dar es Salaam 01/17/2025   909/.09MOR 008130 01/31/2025 01/17/2025 Book