Why The West Rules - For Now: The Patterns of History and what they reveal about the FutureProfile Books, 4. nov. 2010 - 608 sider Why did British boats shoot their way up the Yangzi in 1842, rather than Chinese ones up the Thames? Why do Easterners use English more than Europeans speak in Mandarin or Japanese? To put it bluntly, why does the West rule? There are two schools of thought: the 'Long-Term Lock In' theory, suggesting some sort of inevitability, and the 'Short-Term Accident' theory. But both approaches have misunderstood the shape of history. |
Indhold
Introduction | 3 |
PART I | 37 |
PART II | 173 |
PART III | 555 |
On Social Development | 623 |
Notes | 647 |
Further Reading | 663 |
679 | |
Acknowledgments | 725 |
727 | |
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