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The rise of the West: a history of the human community: with a retrospective essay
William Hardy McNeill
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Frontmatter
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List of Illustrations (page xi)
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"The Rise of the West after Twenty-five Years" (page xv)
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Preface (page xxxi)
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PART I THE ERA OF MIDDLE EASTERN DOMINANCE TO 500 B.C.
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I. IN THE BEGINNING (page 3)
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II. THE BREAKTHROUGH TO CIVILIZATION IN MESOPOTAMIA (page 29)
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III. THE DIFFUSION OF CIVILIZATION: FIRST PHASE (page 64)
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IV. THE RISE OF A COSMOPOLITAN CIVILIZATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 1700-500 B.C. (page 110)
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V. THE FORMULATION OF PERIPHERAL CIVILIZATION IN INDIA, GREECE, AND CHINA, 1700-500 B.C. (page 167)
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PART II EURASIAN CULTURAL BALANCE 500 B.C.-1500 A.D.
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GENERAL INTRODUCTION (page 249)
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VI. THE EXPANSION OF HELLENISM, 500-146 B.C. (page 254)
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VII. CLOSURE OF THE EURASIAN ECUMENE, 500 B.C.-200 A.D. (page 295)
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VIII. BARBARIAN ONSLAUGHT AND CIVILIZED RESPONSE, 200-600 A.D. (page 361)
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IX. THE RESURGENCE OF THE MIDDLE EAST, 600-1000 A.D. (page 417)
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X. STEPPE CONQUERORS AND THE EUROPEAN FAR WEST, 1000-1500 A.D. (page 484)
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PART III THE ERA OF WESTERN DOMINANCE, 1500 A.D. TO THE PRESENT
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GENERAL INTRODUCTION (page 565)
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XI. THE FAR WEST'S CHALLENGE TO THE WORLD, 1500-1700 A.D. (page 569)
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XII. THE TOTTERING WORLD BALANCE, 1700-1850 A.D. (page 653)
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XIII. THE RISE OF THE WEST: COSMOPOLITANISM ON A GLOBAL SCALE, 1850-1950 A.D. (page 726)
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CONCLUSION (page 794)
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A. SCALE OF POLITICS (page 794)
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B. SCOPE OF POLITICS (page 795)
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C. DILEMMAS OF POWER (page 800)
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INDEX (page 809)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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Man | 65 (May-Jun. 1965): 89-90 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0025-1496%28196505%2F196506%291%3A65%3C89%3A7%3E2.0.CO%3B2-A |
JMH | 36.2 (Jun. 1964): 184-185 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-2801%28196406%2936%3A2%3C184%3ATROTWA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-K |
AHR | 69.3 (Apr. 1964): 713-715 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28196404%2969%3A3%3C713%3ATROTWA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-W |
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Published: c1991
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
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