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

By:

Stark, Rodney [Author]

Material type: Text

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9781610171397

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Nonfiction.

LOC classification:

CB245.S795.H698 2015
CB245

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Contents:

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.

Subject: "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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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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