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100 1  Ferguson, Niall. 
245 10 Civilization :|bthe west and the rest /|cNiall Ferguson. 
250    Unabridged. 
264  1 [United States] :|bTantor Media, Incorporated :|bMade 
       available through hoopla,|c2011. 
300    1 online resource (1 audio file (780 min.)) :|bdigital. 
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511 0  Read by the author. 
520    The rise to global predominance of Western civilization is
       the single most important historical phenomenon of the 
       past five hundred years. All over the world, an 
       astonishing proportion of people now work for Western-
       style companies, study at Western-style universities, vote
       for Western-style governments, take Western medicines, 
       wear Western clothes, and even work Western hours. Yet six
       hundred years ago the petty kingdoms of Western Europe 
       seemed unlikely to achieve much more than perpetual 
       internecine warfare. It was Ming China or Ottoman Turkey 
       that had the look of world civilizations. How did the West
       overtake its Eastern rivals? And has the zenith of Western
       power now passed?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. These were the "killer applications" that 
       allowed the West to leap ahead of the Rest, opening global
       trade routes, exploiting newly discovered scientific laws,
       evolving a system of representative government, more than 
       doubling life expectancy, unleashing the Industrial 
       Revolution, and embracing a dynamic work ethic. 
       Civilization shows just how fewer than a dozen Western 
       empires came to control more than half of humanity and 
       four fifths of the world economy.Yet now, Ferguson argues,
       the days of Western predominance are numbered-not because 
       of clashes with rival civilizations, but simply because 
       the Rest have now downloaded the six killer apps we once 
       monopolized-while the West has literally lost faith in 
       itself.Civilization does more than tell the gripping story
       of the West's slow rise and sudden demise; it also 
       explains world history with verve, clarity, and wit. 
       Controversial but cogent and compelling, Civilization is 
       Ferguson at his very best. 
538    Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
650  0 Civilization, Western. 
650  0 World politics. 
650  0 International relations|xHistory. 
650  0 Hegemony|xHistory. 
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