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A leading political economist advances a new theory to explain the postwar shifts in the relative economic fortunes and positions of various nations and regions.
A compelling theory on the rationale for the changing fortunes of nations
An award-winning professor of economics at MIT and a Harvard University political scientist and economist evaluate the reasons that some nations are poor while others succeed, outlining provocative perspectives that support theories about ...
" Guided by abundant scholarly commentary, the reader of Volume Sixteen is offered "innumerable windows" through which to witness "a ghostly past" and otherwise lost scenes of "a daily life that has become [by the time of the Late Ante ...
Paul Kennedy's classic naval history, now updated with a new introduction by the author This acclaimed book traces Britain's rise and fall as a sea power from the Tudors to the present day.
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The Decline of the Nation State attempts to explain the historical and contemporary causes that have given rise to the current explosion of nationalist movements in Western Europe. The text...
Dispels the notion that the United States is on a decline by citing similar points in history, from Sputnik to Obama, that supposedly heralded the notion of a doomed country, but resulted in rejuvenation instead. 17,500 first printing.
... História económica de Portugal, 1700–2000. Lisbon, Portugal: Imprensa de Ciências Sociais. Maddison, Angus. 1995. Monitoring the world economy, 1820–1992. Paris: OECD. ———. 2001. The world economy: A millennial perspective. Paris: OECD ...
Spengler's work describes how we have entered into a centuries-long "world-historical" phase comparable to late antiquity, and his controversial ideas spark debate over the meaning of historiography.