Why The West Rules - For Now : The Patterns of History and what they reveal about the Future LimitedStock Author(s): Couzens

Author(s): Couzens

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Why The West Rules - For Now : The Patterns of History and what they reveal about the Future LimitedStock Author(s): CouzensAuthor(s): Morris, Ian Binding: Paperback, Date of Publication: 04 08 2011, Pagination: 768 pages, ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781846682087, Description: 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.