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How the West won the neglected story of the triumph of modernity

"In this page-turning, myth-busting history, acclaimed author Rodney Stark shows exactly why Western civilization triumphed over other cultures -- and why we all should be thankful it did."--Back cover.

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Main Author:	Stark, Rodney
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Wilmington, Delaware : ISI Books, [2014]
Subjects:	Civilization, Western > History. Civilization, Modern > History. Science > History. Technology > History. Intellectual life > History.
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Summary:	"In this page-turning, myth-busting history, acclaimed author Rodney Stark shows exactly why Western civilization triumphed over other cultures -- and why we all should be thankful it did."--Back cover.
Physical Description:	vi, 455 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-432) and index.
ISBN:	9781610170857 1610170857
Author Notes:	Rodney Stark is the award-winning author of How the West Won , The Victory of Reason , The Rise of Christianity , God's Battalions , and many other books. He serves as Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences at Baylor University, where he is codirector of the Institute for Studies of Religion. Stark is past president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and of the Association for the Sociology of Religion. Before earning his PhD at the University of California, Berkeley, he was a staff writer for several major publications. Stark's books have been translated into Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, and Turkish.