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Jul 5, 2012 · In Civilization: The West and the Rest, bestselling author Niall Ferguson argues that, beginning in the fifteenth century, the West developed six powerful new concepts that the Rest lacked: competition, science, the rule of law, consumerism, modern medicine, and the work ethic.
Jul 19, 2021 · xxx, 402 p : 25 cm 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, science, democracy, medicine, consumerism and the work ethic.
Niall Ferguson is one of the world’s foremost historians. He is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and the managing director of Greenmantle, LLC. He is the author of sixteen books. His awards include the International Emmy for Best Documentary, the Benja.
There is a paradox at the very heart of the West. Compared with civilizational states such as contemporary China, India, or Russia, the West is the only civilizational community of nations and peoples founded upon political values of national self-determination, democracy, and free trade – as enshrined in the 1941 Atlantic Charter and embodied in the post-1945 international system.
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Oct 27, 2009 · Niall Ferguson is one of the world'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, The Ascent of Money, High Financier, Civilization, The Great Degeneration, Kissinger, 1923-1968: The Idealist, and The Square and the Tower.
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Oct 27, 2009 · THE ASCENT OF MONEY. THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION, WITH NEW CHAPTERS In this updated edition, Niall Ferguson brings his classic financial history of the world up to the present day, tackling the populist backlash that followed the 2008 crisis, the descent of “Chimerica” into a trade war, and the advent of cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, with his signature clarity and expert lens.
Oct 30, 2012 · Civilization: The West and the Rest. Paperback – Illustrated, October 30, 2012. by Niall Ferguson (Author) 4.4 1,267 ratings. See all formats and editions. From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower. “A dazzling history of Western ideas.” —The Economist.
