Civilization : the west and the rest /
Ferguson, Niall,
Civilization : the west and the rest / Niall Ferguson. - xxx, 402 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Cover : " New York Times bestseller". Cover : " "A dazzling history of Western ideas." ــــ The Economist".
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What was it about the civilization of Western Europe that allowed it to trump the outwardly superior empires of the Orient? The answer, Niall Ferguson argues, was that the West developed six "killer applications"?that the Rest lacked: competition, science, democracy, medicine, consumerism and the work ethic. The key question today is whether or not the West has lost its monopoly on these six things. If so, Ferguson warns, we may be living through the end of Western ascendancy.
9780143122067
East and West.
Comparative civilization.
History, Modern
--Reading book
909.09821 / FER
Civilization : the west and the rest / Niall Ferguson. - xxx, 402 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Cover : " New York Times bestseller". Cover : " "A dazzling history of Western ideas." ــــ The Economist".
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What was it about the civilization of Western Europe that allowed it to trump the outwardly superior empires of the Orient? The answer, Niall Ferguson argues, was that the West developed six "killer applications"?that the Rest lacked: competition, science, democracy, medicine, consumerism and the work ethic. The key question today is whether or not the West has lost its monopoly on these six things. If so, Ferguson warns, we may be living through the end of Western ascendancy.
9780143122067
East and West.
Comparative civilization.
History, Modern
--Reading book
909.09821 / FER