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001			ocn910334558
003			OCoLC
005			20240726100327.0
008			150528t20152014deu b 001 0 eng d
010			_a2013047815
015			_aGBB779206 _2bnb
016	7		_a017703015 _2Uk
020			_a9781610171397
029	1		_aAU@ _b000055527183
029	1		_aUKMGB _b017703015
035			_a(OCoLC)910334558
040			_aYDXCP _beng _erda _cYDXCP _dOCLCQ _dJBU _dOCLCO _dOCLCF _dOCLCO _dBCW _dIK2 _dCQU _dQQ3 _dUKMGB _dNYP
049			_aSBI
050	0	4	_aCB245.S795.H698 2015
050	0	4	_aCB245
100	1		_aStark, Rodney, _e1
245	1	0	_aHow the West won : _bthe neglected story of the triumph of modernity / _cRodney Stark. _hPR
250			_aPaperback edition.ition.
260			_aWilmington, Delaware : _bISI Books, _c(c)2015.
300			_avi, 455 pages ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
505	0	0	_apart I. Classical beginnings (500 BC - AD 500) -- _tStagnant empires and Greek miracle -- _tJerusalem's rational God -- _tRoman interlude -- _tpart II. The not so Dark Ages (500-1200) -- _tBlessings of disunity -- _tNorthern lights over Christendom -- _tFreedom and Capitalism -- _tpart III. Medieval transformations (1200-1500) -- _tClimate, plague, and social change -- _tPursuit of knowledge -- _tIndustry, trade, and technology -- _tDiscovering the world -- _tpart IV. The dawn of modernity (1500-1750) -- _tExposing Muslim illusions -- _tScience comes of Age -- _tpart V. Modernity (1700- ) -- _tIndustrial revolution -- _tLiberty and prosperity -- _tGlobalization and Colonialism.
520	0		_a"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
530			_a2
650		0	_aCivilization, Western _xHistory.
650		0	_aCivilization, Modern _xHistory.
650		0	_aScience _xHistory.
650		0	_aTechnology _xHistory.
655		4	_aNonfiction.
942			_cBK _hCB _m2015 _e1 _i2020-06-09 _k14.59
948			_hHELD BY SBI - 61 OTHER HOLDINGS
999			_c16345 _d16345
902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell