Empires of the Weak : : The Real Story of European Expansion and the Creation of the New World Order / / J C Sharman.
How the rise of the West was a temporary exception to the predominant world orderWhat accounts for the rise of the state, the creation of the first global system, and the dominance of the West? The conventional answer asserts that superior technology, tactics, and institutions forged by Darwinian mi...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction. The Military Revolution and the First International System
- Chapter one. Iberian Conquistadors and Supplicants
- Chapter two. Company Sovereigns and the Empires of the East
- Chapter three. The Asian Invasion of Europe in Context
- Conclusion. How the Europeans Won in the End (Before They Later Lost)
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index