Why Did Europe Conquer the World?Princeton University Press, 30 jun 2015 - 288 pagina's The startling economic and political answers behind Europe's historical dominance |
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Chapter 2 How the Tournament in Early Modern Europe Made Conquest Possible | 19 |
Chapter 3 Why the Rest of Eurasia Fell Behind | 67 |
Explaining the Difference between Western Europe and the Rest of Eurasia | 104 |
Chapter 5 From the Gunpowder Technology to Private Expeditions | 154 |
Chapter 6 Technological Change and Armed Peace in NineteenthCentury Europe | 179 |
The Price of Conquest | 205 |
Appendix A Model of War and Technical Change via Learning by Doing | 215 |
Appendix B Using Prices to Measure Productivity Growth in the Military Sector | 228 |
Appendix C Model of Political Learning | 231 |
Appendix D Data for Tables 41 and 42 | 233 |
Appendix E Model of Armed Peace and Technical Change via Research | 234 |
Acknowledgments | 239 |
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