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What was it about the civilization of Western Europe that allowed it to trump the outwardly superior empires of the Orient? The answer, Niall Ferguson argues, was that the West developed six "killer applications"?that the Rest lacked: competition, science, democracy, medicine, consumerism and the work ethic. The key question today is whether or not the West has lost its monopoly on these six things. If so, Ferguson warns, we may be living through the end of Western ascendancy.
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Editions
12 editions · 3 languages- Paperback · English · 2012Penguin Books · 432 pages · 9780143122067
- Paperback · English · 2012Uygarlik Bati Ve ÖtekilerYapi Kredi · 392 pages · 9789750821967
- Other · English · 2018Penguin Books, Limited · 432 pages · 9780141987934
- Other · English · 2012Penguin Books · 402 pages · 9780141044583
- Other · English · 2012Civilización : occidente y el resto. - 1. ed.Debate · 9789588613536
- Other · English · 2011Penguin Books, Limited · 9781846144561
World politicsInternational relationsWestern CivilizationHegemonyHistoryNew York Times bestsellerCivilization, modernCivilization, western
