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Civilization：The West and the Rest

Civilization：The West and the Rest

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作者: NiallFerguson 著

出版社: Penguin

出版时间: 2011-10

版次: 1

ISBN: 9781594203053

定价: 278.40

装帧: 精装

开本: 16开

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 432页

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>历史

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Westerncivilization’srisetoglobaldominanceisthesinglemostimportanthistoricalphenomenonofthepastfivecenturies.Allovertheworld,moreandmorepeoplestudyatWestern-styleuniversities,workforWestern-stylecompanies,voteforWestern-stylegovernments,takeWesternmedicines,wearWesternclothes,andplayWesternsports.YetsixhundredyearsagothepettykingdomsofWesternEuropeseemedlikemiserablebackwaters,ravagedbyincessantwarandpestilence.ItwasMingChinaorOttomanTurkeythathadthelookofworldcivilizations.HowdidtheWestovertakeitsEasternrivals?AndhasthezenithofWesternpowernowpassed?
InCivilization:TheWestandtheRest,acclaimedhistorianNiallFergusonarguesthat,beginninginthefifteenthcentury,theWestdevelopedsixpowerfulnewconceptsthattheRestlacked:competition,science,theruleoflaw,modernmedicine,consumerism,andtheworkethic.Thesewerethe‘killerapplications’thatallowedtheWesttoleapaheadoftheRest;openingglobaltraderoutes,exploitingnewscientificknowledge,evolvingrepresentativegovernment,morethandoublinglifeexpectancy,unleashingtheindustrialrevolution,andhugelyincreasinghumanproductivity.CivilizationshowsexactlyhowadozenWesternempirescametocontrolthree-fifthsofmankindandfour-fifthsoftheworldeconomy.
Yetnow,Fergusonargues,thedaysofWesternpredominancearenumberedbecausetheResthavefinallydownloadedthesixkillerappstheWestoncemonopolized–whiletheWesthasliterallylostfaithinitself.
Chroniclingtheriseandfallofempiresalongsidetheclashesofcivilizations,Civilizationrecastsworldhistorywithverveandwit.Boldlyarguedbutalsoteemingwithmemorablecharacters,thisisFergusonathisverybest.

Niall Ferguson is one of Britain's most renowned historians. He is the author of Paper and Iron, The House of Rothschild, The Pity of War, The Cash Nexus, Empire, Colossus, The War of the World and The Ascent of Money. He writes regularly for newspapers and magazines all over the world. He has written and presented five highly successful television document series for Channel Four: Empire, American Colossus, The War of the World, The Ascent of Money and, most recently, Civilization.
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Westerncivilization’srisetoglobaldominanceisthesinglemostimportanthistoricalphenomenonofthepastfivecenturies.Allovertheworld,moreandmorepeoplestudyatWestern-styleuniversities,workforWestern-stylecompanies,voteforWestern-stylegovernments,takeWesternmedicines,wearWesternclothes,andplayWesternsports.YetsixhundredyearsagothepettykingdomsofWesternEuropeseemedlikemiserablebackwaters,ravagedbyincessantwarandpestilence.ItwasMingChinaorOttomanTurkeythathadthelookofworldcivilizations.HowdidtheWestovertakeitsEasternrivals?AndhasthezenithofWesternpowernowpassed?
InCivilization:TheWestandtheRest,acclaimedhistorianNiallFergusonarguesthat,beginninginthefifteenthcentury,theWestdevelopedsixpowerfulnewconceptsthattheRestlacked:competition,science,theruleoflaw,modernmedicine,consumerism,andtheworkethic.Thesewerethe‘killerapplications’thatallowedtheWesttoleapaheadoftheRest;openingglobaltraderoutes,exploitingnewscientificknowledge,evolvingrepresentativegovernment,morethandoublinglifeexpectancy,unleashingtheindustrialrevolution,andhugelyincreasinghumanproductivity.CivilizationshowsexactlyhowadozenWesternempirescametocontrolthree-fifthsofmankindandfour-fifthsoftheworldeconomy.
Yetnow,Fergusonargues,thedaysofWesternpredominancearenumberedbecausetheResthavefinallydownloadedthesixkillerappstheWestoncemonopolized–whiletheWesthasliterallylostfaithinitself.
Chroniclingtheriseandfallofempiresalongsidetheclashesofcivilizations,Civilizationrecastsworldhistorywithverveandwit.Boldlyarguedbutalsoteemingwithmemorablecharacters,thisisFergusonathisverybest.
作者简介:
Niall Ferguson is one of Britain's most renowned historians. He is the author of Paper and Iron, The House of Rothschild, The Pity of War, The Cash Nexus, Empire, Colossus, The War of the World and The Ascent of Money. He writes regularly for newspapers and magazines all over the world. He has written and presented five highly successful television document series for Channel Four: Empire, American Colossus, The War of the World, The Ascent of Money and, most recently, Civilization.

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