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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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World politics, International relations, Western Civilization, Hegemony, History, New York Times bestseller, nyt:hardcover_business_books=2011-12-24, Civilization, modern, Civilization, western, History, modern, East and west, Modern History, Comparative civilization, Cultuur, New York Times reviewed, Zivilisation, ÜberlegenheitShowing 4 featured editions. View all 11 editions?
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Civilization: the six killer apps of western power
2012, Penguin Books
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0141044586 9780141044583
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Der Westen und der Rest der Welt
2011-07-01, Propyläen, Propyläen Verlag
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3549074115 9783549074114
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 348-378) and index.
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