Civilization: The West and the Rest by Niall Ferguson
Civilization: The West and the Rest

Niall Ferguson

Civilization: The West and the Rest

Niall Ferguson

402 pages first pub 2011 (view editions)

nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative medium-paced
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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,...

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