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Why the West Rules--for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future (Reprint Edition) by Ian Morris Paperback, 768 Pages, Published 2011 ISBN-10: 0-312-61169-2 / 0312611692 ISBN-13: 978-0-312-61169-9 / 9780312611699 A "New York Times" Notable Book for 2011 Sometime around 1750, English entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of steam and coal, and the world was forever changed. The emergence of factories, railroads, and gunboats propelled the West's rise to power in the nineteenth century, and the devel |