Description: Civilization : The West and the Rest, Hardcover by Ferguson, Niall, ISBN 1594203059, ISBN-13 9781594203053, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US "The rise to global predominance of Western civilization is the single most important historical phenomenon of the past five hundred years. All over the world, an astonishing proportion of people now work for Western-style companies, study at Western-style universities, vote for Western-style governments, take Western medicines, wear Western clothes, and even work Western hours. Yet six hundred years ago the petty kingdoms of Western Europe seemed unlikely to achieve much more than perpetual internecine warfare. It was Ming China or Ottoman Turkey that had the look of world civilizations. How did the West overtake its Eastern rivals? And has the zenith of Western power now passed? In Civilization: The West and the Rest, bestselling author Niall Ferguson argues that, beginning in the fifteenth century, the West developed six powerful new concepts that the Rest lacked: competition, science, the rule of law, consumerism, modern medicine, and the work ethic. These were the "killer applications" that allowed the West to leap ahead of the Rest, opening global trade routes, exploiting newly discovered scientific laws, evolving a system of representative government, more than doubling life expectancy, unleashing the Industrial Revolution, and embracing a dynamicwork ethic. Civilization shows just how fewer than a dozen Western empires came to control more than half of humanity and four fifths of the world economy"--Provided by publisher.
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Book Title: Civilization : the West and the Rest
Number of Pages: 432 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Year: 2011
Topic: Civilization, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Modern / General, Customs & Traditions, Expeditions & Discoveries
Item Height: 1.4 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Social Science, History
Item Weight: 25 oz
Item Length: 9.3 in
Author: Niall Ferguson
Item Width: 6.3 in
Format: Hardcover
