Why the West rules-- for now : the patterns of history, and what they reveal about the future
Why does the West rule? In this magnum opus, eminent Stanford polymath Ian Morris answers this provocative question, drawing on 50,000 years of history, archeology, and the methods of social science, to make sense of when, how, and why the paths of development differed in the East and West - and what this portends for the 21st century
History
xiii, 750 p. : ill., maps, port. ; 24 cm.
9780771064555, 9780771064562, 0771064551, 077106456X
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Introduction
Part I. Before east and West
the West takes the lead
Taking the measure of the past
Part II. The East catches up
Neck and neck
Decline and fall
The Eastern age
Gloing global
The West catches up
The Western age
Part III. Why the West rules
For now
Appendix : On social development