| Author | Kennedy, Paul M., 1945-
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| Title | The rise and fall of the great powers : economic change and military conflict from 1500 to 2000 / by Paul Kennedy.
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| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Published | New York, NY : Random House, c1987.
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| Description | xxv, 677 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
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| ISBN | 0-394-54674-1 : $24.95 |
| General Note | Includes index.
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| Bib. Note | Bibliography: p. 541-662.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: The rise of the western world -- The Habsburg bid for mastery, 1519-1659 -- Finance, geography, and the winning of wars, 1660-1815 -- Industrialization and the shifting global balances, 1815-1885 -- The coming of a bipolar world and the crisis of the "middle powers" : part one, 1885-1918 -- The coming of a bipolar world and the crisis of the "middle powers" : part two, 1919-1942 -- Stability and change in a bipolar world, 1943-1980 -- To the twenty-first century.
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| Subjects | Armaments -- Economic aspects.
Balance of power.
Economic history.
History, Modern.
Military history, Modern.
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| LC Card Number | 87-9690//r91 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: D 210 K36
mq17711: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 10972] |
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