TY - BOOK AU - Goldstone,Jack A. TI - Why Europe?: The rise of the West in world history, 1500 - 1850 T2 - Explorations in world history SN - 0072848014 AV - HN373 U1 - 909.08 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Boston [u.a.] PB - McGraw-Hill Higher Education KW - East and West KW - Europe KW - Social conditions KW - Class of Fall 2011 KW - Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Visitor KW - Distinguished Visitor N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The world circa 1500 : when riches were in the East -- Patterns of change in world history -- The great religions and social change -- Trade and conquest -- Family life and standards of living -- States, laws, taxes, and revolutions -- Changing the pace of change : was there an industrial revolution? -- Trajectories of science in the East and the West -- The rise of the West, a temporary phase? UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0808/2007039922-d.html ER -