Why Did Europe Conquer the World? /

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Between 1492 and 1914, Europeans conquered 84 percent of the globe. But why did Europe establish global dominance, when for centuries the Chinese, Japanese, Ottomans, and South Asians were far more advanced? In Why Did Europe Conquer the World?, Philip Hoffman demonstrates that conventional explanat...

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Auteur principal: Hoffman, Philip T., 1947- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Technology and state.
Military policy.
Diplomatic relations.
Balance of power.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
HISTORY > World.
Politique scientifique et technique > Europe > Histoire.
Équilibre des puissances.
Technology and state > Europe > History.
Europe.
Europe > Politique militaire.
Europe > Relations exterieures.
Europe > Military policy > History.
Europe > Foreign relations > History.
Catalogues.
Catalogs.
History.
catalogs (documents)
Catalog
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction
  • How the Tournament in Early Modern Europe Made Conquest Possible
  • Why the Rest of Eurasia Fell Behind
  • Ultimate Causes : Explaining the Difference between Western Europe and the Rest of Eurasia
  • From the Gunpowder Technology to Private Expeditions
  • Technological Change and Armed Peace in Nineteenth-Century Europe
  • Conclusion : The Price of Conquest
  • Appendix A : Model of War and Technical Change via Learning by Doing
  • Appendix B : Using Prices to Measure Productivity Growth in the Military Sector
  • Appendix C : Model of Political Learning
  • Appendix D : Data for Tables 4.1 and 4.2
  • Appendix E : Model of Armed Peace and Technical Change via Research.

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