Why the West Rules—for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future

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A remarkable book . . . an important bookone that challenges, stimulates and entertains. Anyone who does not believe there are lessons to be learned from history should start right here."The Economist

Sometime around 1750, English entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of steam and coal, and the world was forever changed. The emergence of factories, railroads, and gunboats propelled the West's rise to power in the nineteenth century, and the development of computers and nuclear weapons in the twentieth century secured its global supremacy. Now, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, many worry that the emerging economic power of China and India spells the end of the West as a superpower. In order to understand this possibility, we need to look back in time. Why has the West dominated the globe for the past two hundred years, and will its power last?

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