The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500-2000 - Couverture rigide

Kennedy, Paul M.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0049090194 ISBN 13 : 9780049090194

Editeur : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1988

Synopsis

Physical description: xxv, 677 p : maps ; 24 cm. Bibliography: p625-662. Includes index. Subject: War - History.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Paul Kennedy is the author or editor of thirteen books, including Preparing for the Twenty-first Century and The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, which has been translated into more than twenty languages. He serves on the editorial board of numerous scholarly journals and has written for The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic Monthly, and several other publications. Educated at Newcastle University and Oxford University, he is a former fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton University and of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung in Bonn.

Présentation de l'éditeur

About national and international power in the "modern" or Post Renaissance period. Explains how the various powers have risen and fallen over the 5 centuries since the formation of the "new monarchies" in W. Europe.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0049090194
• ISBN 13: 9780049090194
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 800
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Silvia Ruiz Crespo; silviaruizcrespo3@icloud.com; a11.cyberbull@gmail.com; ; Calle otamendi; Madrid; Madrid; 28039; Espagne