Why Did Europe Conquer the World?
Between 1492 and 1914, Europeans conquered 84 percent of the globe. But why did Europe establish global dominance, when for centuries the Chinese, Japanese, Ottomans, and South Asians were far more advanced? In Why Did Europe Conquer the World?, Philip Hoffman demonstrates that conventional explanations--such as geography, epidemic disease, and the Industrial Revolution--fail to provide answers. Arguing instead for the pivotal role of economic and political history, Hoffman shows that if certain variables had been different, Europe would have been eclipsed, and another power could have become master of the world. Hoffman sheds light on the tw…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-691-17584-3
- EAN: 9780691175843
- Produktnummer: 20738209
- Verlag: University Presses
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Masse: H23.8 cm x B15.6 cm x D1.8 cm 414 g
- Abbildungen: 3 halftones. 6 line illus. 15 tables. 6 maps., Karten
- Reihenbandnummer: 68
- Gewicht: 414
Über den Autor
Philip T. Hoffman is professor of business economics and professor of history at the California Institute of Technology.
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