Why the west rules for now the patterns of history and what they reveal about the future

By:

Morris, Ian, 1960-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2010Description: xiii,750p. ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:

9781846681479

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DDC classification:

909.09821 22 MO-W

LOC classification:

CB251 .M68 2010

Contents:

PART I -- 1. Before East and West -- 2. The West Takes the Lead -- 3. Taking the Measure of the Past -- PART II -- 4. The East Catches Up -- 5. Neck and Neck -- 6. Decline and Fall -- 7. The Eastern Age -- 8. Going Global -- 9. The West Catches Up -- 10. The Western Age -- PART III -- 11. Why the West Rules ... -- 12. ...For Now.

Review: "Sometime around 1750, English entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of steam and coal, and the world was forever changed. The emergence of factories, railroads, and gunboats propelled the West's rise to power in the nineteenth century, and the development of computers and nuclear weapons in the twentieth century secured its global supremacy. Now, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, many worry that the emerging economic power of China and India spells the end of the West as a superpower. In order to understand this possibility, we need to look back in time. Why has the West dominated the globe for the past two hundred years, and will its power last?" "Describing the patterns of human history, the archaeologist and historian Ian Morris offers surprising new answers to both questions. It is not, he reveals, differences of race or culture, or even the strivings of great individuals, that explain Western dominance. It is the effects of geography on the everyday efforts of ordinary people as they deal with crises of resources, disease, migration, and climate. As geography and human ingenuity continue to interact, the world will change in astonishing ways, transforming Western rule in the process." "Deeply researched and brilliantly argued, Why the West Rules---for Now spans fifty thousand years of history and offers fresh insights on nearly every page. The book brings together the latest findings across disciplines---from ancient history to neuroscience---not only to explain why the West came to rule the world but also to predict what the next hundred years will bring."--BOOK JACKET.

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Item type	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode
Print	OPJGU Sonepat- Campus	General Books	Main Library	909.09821 MO-W (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Checked out	18/11/2023	118731

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Sometime around 1750, English entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of steam and coal, and the world was forever changed. The emergence of factories, railroads, and gunboats propelled the West's rise to power in the nineteenth century, and the development of computers and nuclear weapons in the twentieth century secured its global supremacy. Now, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, many worry that the emerging economic power of China and India spells the end of the West as a superpower. In order to understand this possibility, we need to look back in time. Why has the West dominated the globe for the past two hundred years, and will its power last?" "Describing the patterns of human history, the archaeologist and historian Ian Morris offers surprising new answers to both questions. It is not, he reveals, differences of race or culture, or even the strivings of great individuals, that explain Western dominance. It is the effects of geography on the everyday efforts of ordinary people as they deal with crises of resources, disease, migration, and climate. As geography and human ingenuity continue to interact, the world will change in astonishing ways, transforming Western rule in the process." "Deeply researched and brilliantly argued, Why the West Rules---for Now spans fifty thousand years of history and offers fresh insights on nearly every page. The book brings together the latest findings across disciplines---from ancient history to neuroscience---not only to explain why the West came to rule the world but also to predict what the next hundred years will bring."--BOOK JACKET.

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