Description: Home About Us Postage & Payment Returns Contact Add The Pom Shop to your Favorites and receive our email newsletters about new items and special promotions. General Interest Why the West Rules - for Now: The Patterns of History and What They Reveal about the Future Product DescriptionIn the middle of the eighteenth century, British entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of steam and coal and the world changed forever. Factories, railways and gunboats then propelled the West's rise to power, and computers and nuclear weapons in the twentieth century secured its global supremacy. Today, however, many worry that the emergence of China and India spell the end of the West as a superpower.How long will the power of the West last In order to find out we need to know: why has the West been so dominant for the past two hundred yearsWith flair and authority, historian and achaeologist Ian Morris draws uniquely on 15,000 years of history to offer fresh insights on what the future will bring. Deeply researched and brilliantly argued, Why The West Rules - For Now is a gripping and truly original history of the world.ReviewA provocative and extraordinary contribution to wide-screen comparative history... a true banquet of ideas -- Boyd Tonkin IndependentAn important book - one that challenges, stimulates and entertains. Anyone who does not believe there are lessons to be learned from history should start here EconomistPerhaps the smartest and sanest guide to the twenty-first century so far South China Morning PostOne doffs one's hat to Morris's breadth, ambition and erudition -- Paul Kennedy Sunday TimesMorris is the world's most talented ancient historian, a man as much at home with state of-the-art archaeology as with the classics as they used to be studied. Here, he has brilliantly pulled off what few modern academics would dare to attempt -- Niall Ferguson Foreign AffairsMorris handles huge ideas and transglobal theories with a breathtaking ease and humour -- Artemis Cooper Evening Standard, Books of the Yearan enjoyable and thought-provoking book -- Nicholas Shakespeare TelegraphA lucid thinker and a fine writer New York TimesThe nearest thing to a unified field theory of history we are ever likely to get. With wit and wisdom, Ian Morris deploys the techniques and insights of the new ancient history to address the biggest of all historical questions: Why on earth did the West beat the Rest I loved it. -- Niall FergusonAt last - a brilliant historian with a light touch. We should all rejoice. -- John Julius NorwichBook DescriptionWhy does the West rule Eminent Stanford polymath Ian Morris answers this provocative question, drawing uniquely on 15,000 years of history and archaeology, and the methods of social science.About the AuthorIan Morris is Willard Professor of Classics, Professor of History and a fellow of the Archaeology Centre at Stanford University. He is the bestselling author ofWhy the West Rules - For Now and has appeared on a number of television networks, including the History Network and PBS. Shipping Shipping is free for all customers in Australia. Your package will be safely taken care of & posted from England by means of Priority Airmail, which is air freighted to your nearest Australia Post Distribution Center (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, or Perth), from where they are delivered to your address by Australia Post. Returns and refunds We operate a 30 day money back guarantee. If you are unhappy with the product for whatever reason, please contact us to arrange a return and refund. As shipping costs are not retrievable, we are unable to refund shipping costs. Feedback We use an automated eBay feedback response system. If you are happy with the product, please leave positive feedback and we will automatically leave positive feedback for you. If you are unhappy with the transaction for any reason, please contact us first to resolve. If you do leave negative or neutral feedback you waive your rights for support regarding any problems with us and open yourself up for possible retaliatory negative feedback. Please avoid making negative feedback remarks, contact us first if you have any problems! We are here to help! Contact Us Please contact us via eBay messages if you have any questions and our Customer Service team will be happy to assist you with any queries. Thank you. Home About Us Postage & Payment Returns Contact Copyright © 2017 The Pom Shop. All rights reserved.
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Brand: Profile Books Ltd
MPN: 9781846682087
Item Height: 198 mm
Item Width: 129 mm
Author: Ian Morris
Publication Name: Why the West Rules-For Now: the Patterns of History and What They Reveal about the Future
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Subject: History
Publication Year: 2011
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 553 g
Number of Pages: 768 Pages
