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 | The Measure of Reality: Quantification and Western Society, 1250-1600 (Updated Edition) by Alfred W. Crosby Paperback, 262 Pages, Published 1997 ISBN-10: 0-521-63990-5 / 0521639905 ISBN-13: 978-0-521-63990-3 / 9780521639903 The Measure of Reality is the third book in a series in which Alfred Crosby, a noted historian, asks how it is that Western European societies could have conquered so much of the world in the space of a few generations. The answer, he finds, is in certain agricultural and technological techniques. I | |