In this book, Niall Ferguson reveals the six 'killer applications' that the rest lacked - competition, science, property rights, medicine, consumerism and the work ethic. And he asks - do we still have these winning tools?
Civilization in the West, Seventh Edition, Volume A Mark Kishlansky, et al. "This text is clear, well-organized, and easy for my students to follow. I have never had more satisfied students over a thirty-five year career.
Introduction to Contemporary Civilization in the West
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Civilization in the West
With 20 additional primary source documents, Volume I of Civilization in the West, Sixth Edition, Primary Source Edition, has everything students need to succeed in the course-a highly readable survey text that examines all aspects of ...
Understand where we came from. Whether you're an avid student of the Bible or a skeptic of its relevance, The Book That Made Your World will transform your perception of its influence on virtually every facet of Western civilization.
Accessible and well written, this balanced text explores everyday events and ordinary people as well as momentous affairs and powerful elites.
After challenging the multicultural effort to “provincialize” the history of Western civilization, this book argues that the roots of the West’s exceptional creativity should be traced back to the uniquely aristocratic warlike culture ...
Based on sound scholarship and yet unafraid to speak boldly, this book provides a welcome moment of clarity amid the cacophony of climate change literature.