Civilization the west and the rest
From one of our most renowned historians, Civilization: The West and the Rest is the definitive history of Western civilization's rise to global dominance--and the "killer applications" that made this improbable ascent possible.
| Main Author: | Ferguson, Niall. |
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| Corporate Authors: | Tantor Media. |
| Format: | Audiobooks Audiobook (CD) |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[Old Saybrook, Ct.] :
Tantor Media, Inc.,
2011.
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| Edition: | Unabridged retail ed. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
From one of our most renowned historians, Civilization: The West and the Rest is the definitive history of Western civilization's rise to global dominance--and the "killer applications" that made this improbable ascent possible. |
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| Item Description: |
Title from web page. Compact discs. Duration: 12:00:00. |
| Physical Description: |
10 sound discs (12 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Audience: |
General adult. |
| ISBN: |
9781400114993 1400114993 |
| Author Notes: |
His books include Paper and Iron: Hamburg Business and German Politics in the Era of Inflation 1897-1927 (1993), Virtual History: Alternatives and Counterfactuals (1997), The Pity of War: Explaining World War One (1998), The World's Banker: The History of the House of Rothschild (1998), The Cash Nexus: Money and Power in the Modern World, 1700-2000 (2001), Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power (2003), Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire (2004), The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West (2006) and The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World (2008), Civilization: The West and the Rest (2011) , The Great Degeneration: How Institutions Decay and Economies Die, and The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook. (Bowker Author Biography) |