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How the West won : the neglected story of the triumph of modernity / Rodney Stark.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Wilmington, Delaware : ISI Books, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (vi, 455 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781497603257 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: How the West won : the neglected story of the triumph of modernity.DDC classification:
  • 909/.09821 23
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Contents:
Part I. Classical Beginnings (500 BC-AD 500) -- Stagnant Empires and the Greek "Miracle" -- Jerusalem's Rational God -- The Roman Interlude -- Part II. The Not-So-Dark Ages (500-1200) -- The Blessings of Disunity -- Northern Lights Over Christendom -- Freedom and Capitalism -- Part III. Medieval Transformations (1200-1500) -- Climate, Plague, and Social Change -- The Pursuit of Knowledge -- Industry, Trade, and Technology -- Discovering the World -- Part IV. The Dawn of Modernity (1500-1750) -- New World Conquests and Colonies -- The Golden Empire -- The Lutheran Reformation : Myths and Realities -- Exposing Muslim Illusions -- Science Comes of Age -- Part V. Modernity (1750- ) -- The Industrial Revolution -- Liberty and Prosperity -- Globalization and Colonialism.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-432) and index.

Part I. Classical Beginnings (500 BC-AD 500) -- Stagnant Empires and the Greek "Miracle" -- Jerusalem's Rational God -- The Roman Interlude -- Part II. The Not-So-Dark Ages (500-1200) -- The Blessings of Disunity -- Northern Lights Over Christendom -- Freedom and Capitalism -- Part III. Medieval Transformations (1200-1500) -- Climate, Plague, and Social Change -- The Pursuit of Knowledge -- Industry, Trade, and Technology -- Discovering the World -- Part IV. The Dawn of Modernity (1500-1750) -- New World Conquests and Colonies -- The Golden Empire -- The Lutheran Reformation : Myths and Realities -- Exposing Muslim Illusions -- Science Comes of Age -- Part V. Modernity (1750- ) -- The Industrial Revolution -- Liberty and Prosperity -- Globalization and Colonialism.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.