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

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Random House, 1987 - Business & Economics - 677 pages
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.

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World Power Centers in the Sixteenth Century
5
The Political Divisions of Europe in the Sixteenth Century
18
TABLES CHARTS TABLES
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