Document Type
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BL
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Record Number
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999823
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b754193
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Main Entry
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Kennedy, Paul M.,1945-
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Title & Author
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The rise and fall of the great powers : : economic change and military conflict from 1500 to 2000 /\ by Paul Kennedy.
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Edition Statement
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1st Vintage books ed.
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Publication Statement
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New York :: Vintage Books,, 1989, ©1987.
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Page. NO
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xxv, 677 pages :: maps ;; 21 cm
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ISBN
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0679720197
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: 9780679720195
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 625-662) and index.
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Contents
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Strategy and economics in the preindustrial world. The rise of the Western world ; The Habsburg bid for mastery, 1519-1659 ; Finance, geography, and the winning of wars, 1660-1815 -- Strategy and economics in the industrial era. Industrialization and the shifting global balances, 1815-1885 ; The coming of a bipolar world and the crisis of the "middle powers" : part one, 1885-1918 ; The coming of a bipolar world and the crisis of the "middle powers" : part 2, 1919-1942 -- Strategy and economics today and tomorrow. Stability and change in a bipolar world, 1943-1980 ; To the twenty-first century.
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Abstract
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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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Subject
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Balance of power.
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Economic history.
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History, Modern.
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Military history, Modern.
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Military readiness-- Economic aspects.
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Armements-- Aspect économique.
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Balance of power.
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Bewaffneter Konflikt
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Economic history.
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Équilibre des puissances.
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Grandes puissances-- Histoire.
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Großmacht
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Guerre-- Aspect économique-- 1500-2000.
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Guerre-- Histoire.
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Histoire économique.
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Histoire militaire-- 1500-1800.
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Histoire moderne et contemporaine.
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History, Modern.
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Military history, Modern.
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Military readiness-- Economic aspects.
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Relations internationales-- Histoire.
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Wirtschaft. Geschichte.
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Wirtschaftsentwicklung
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Economische macht.
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Gewapende conflicten.
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Grote mogendheden.
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Machtsverhoudingen.
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Militaire politiek.
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Dewey Classification
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909.82
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LC Classification
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D210.K46 1989
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NLM classification
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15.50bcl
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GES 200fstub
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K10clc
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NK 1200rvk
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NN 1300rvk
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