How the West won : the neglected story of the triumph of modernity / Rodney Stark. [print]
Material type: TextPublication details: Wilmington, Delaware : ISI Books, (c)2015.Edition: Paperback edition.itionDescription: vi, 455 pages ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781610171397
- CB245.S795.H698 2015
- CB245
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) | G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION | Non-fiction | CB245.S737.W478 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31923001905518 |
part I. Classical beginnings (500 BC - AD 500) -- Stagnant empires and Greek miracle -- Jerusalem's rational God -- Roman interlude -- part II. The not so Dark Ages (500-1200) -- Blessings of disunity -- Northern lights over Christendom -- Freedom and Capitalism -- part III. Medieval transformations (1200-1500) -- Climate, plague, and social change -- Pursuit of knowledge -- Industry, trade, and technology -- Discovering the world -- part IV. The dawn of modernity (1500-1750) -- Exposing Muslim illusions -- Science comes of Age -- part V. Modernity (1700- ) -- Industrial revolution -- Liberty and prosperity -- Globalization and Colonialism.
"In this page-turning, myth-busting history, acclaimed author Rodney Stark shows exactly why Western civilization triumphed over other cultures--and why we all should be thankful it did."--cover
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