ISBN10: 0521479584, ISBN13: 9780521479585, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Softcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This is a new edition of Geoffrey Parker's much-admired illustrated account of how the West, so small and so deficient in natural resources in 1500, had by 1800 come to control over one-third of the world. Parker argues that the rapid development of military practice in the West constituted a 'military revolution' which gave Westerners an insurmountable advantage over the peoples of other continents. This edition incorporates new material, including a substantial 'Afterword' which summarises the debate which developed after the book's first publication.
[Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 1996]
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ISBN10: 0521479584, ISBN13: 9780521479585, [publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge] Softcover Paperback. Well before the Industrial Revolution, Europe developed the superior military potential and expertise that enabled her to dominate the world for the next two centuries. In this attractively illustrated and updated edition, Geoffrey Parker discusses the major changes in the military practice of the West during this time period--establishment of bigger armies, creation of superior warships, the role of firearms--and argues that these major changes amounted to a "military revolution" that gave Westerners a decided advantage over people of other continents. A new chapter addresses the controversies engendered by the previous edition. An account of how the West, so small and so deficient in natural resources in 1500, had by 1800 come to control over one-third of the world. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
[Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1996]