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How the West won : the neglected story of the triumph of modernity / Rodney Stark.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stark, Rodney, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilization, Western--History.
- Civilization, Western.
- History.
- Civilization, Modern--History.
- Civilization, Modern.
- Science--History.
- Science.
- Technology--History.
- Technology.
- Intellectual life--History.
- Intellectual life.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 455 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Wilmington, Delaware : ISI Books, [2014]
- 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. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Part I. Classical Beginnings (500 BCE-500 CE)
- Stagnant Empires and the Greek "Miracle"
- Jerusalem's Rational God
- The Roman Interlude
- Part II. Early Medieval Progress (500-1200)
- Blessings of "European" Disunity
- Northern Lights Over Christendom
- Freedom and Capitalism
- Part III. Medieval Transformations (1200-1500)
- Climate, Plague and Social Change
- Universities and Natural Philosophy
- Industry, Trade, and Technology
- Discovering the World
- Part IV. The Dawn of Modernity (1500-1750)
- New World Conquests and Colonies
- The Rise and Fall of the Golden Empire
- Luther's Reformation : Myths and Realities
- Exposing Muslim Illusions
- Science Comes of Age
- Part V. Modernity (1750- )
- The Industrial "Revolution"
- Why Britain? Liberty, Merit and the "Bourgeois"
- Globalization and Colonialism.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781610170857
- 1610170857
- OCLC:
- 864709713
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