Why Europe?
Subtitle: the rise of the West in world history, 1500-1850
By: Jack Goldstone.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780072848014
Subjects: East and West; Europe -- Social conditions; Europe -- Civilization; Asia -- Social conditions; Asia -- Civilization
Other titles: Rise of the West in world history, 1500-1850
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The world circa 1500 : when riches were in the East; title: Patterns of change in world history; title: The great religions and social change; title: Trade and conquest; title: Family life and standards of living; title: States, laws, taxes, and revolutions; title: Changing the pace of change : was there an industrial revolution?; title: Trajectories of science in the East and the West; title: The rise of the West, a temporary phase?