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9780072848014
Part of McGraw-Hill's Explorations in World History series, this brief and accessible volume explores one of the biggest questions of recent historical debate: how among all of Eurasia's interconnected centers of power, it was Europe that came to dominate much of the world. Author Jack Goldstone presents the argument as it stands in light of up-to-date research so that readers can come to understand the technological and economic inequalities between Europe and the rest of the world came to be and decide for themselves where the driving forces behind this phenomenon are taking us.Goldstone, Jack A. is the author of 'Why Europe? The Rise of the West in World History 1500-1850', published 2008 under ISBN 9780072848014 and ISBN 0072848014.
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