Civilization : the west and the rest / Niall Ferguson.
Civilization : the west and the rest / Niall Ferguson.
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London : Allen Lane, c2011.
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N909.08/39
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English
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402 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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London : Allen Lane, c2011.
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England
Date Published
c2011.
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What was it about the civilization of Western Europe that allowed it to trump the outwardly superior empires of the Orient? The answer, Niall Ferguson argues, was that the West developed six ?°₋killer applications?°?that the Rest lacked: competition, science, democracy, medicine, consumerism and the work ethic. The key question today is whether or...
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Civilization : the west and the rest / Niall Ferguson.
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West and the rest.
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Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 348-378.
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c2011.
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N909.08/39
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74Vvpx3A75bg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvpx3A75bg
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ISBN
1846142733
9781846142734
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909.08
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991005409639702626
