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008			180409s2012 enkab b 001 0 eng d
020			_a9780141044583
040			_aBD-DhIUB _cBD-DhIUB
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100	1		_aFerguson, Niall.
245	1	0	_aCivilization : _bthe six killer apps of western power / _cNiall Ferguson.
260			_aLondon ; _aNew York : _bAllen Lane, _c2011.
300			_axxx, 402 p : _bill. (some col.), maps ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 348-378) and index.
520			_aWhat 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.
650		0	_aHistory, Modern.
650		0	_aComparative civilization.
650		0	_aEast and West.
650	1	7	_aCultuur _2gtt
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