Civilization : the West and the rest
Ferguson, Niall2011
Book
If in the year 1411 you had been able to circumnavigate the globe, you would have been most impressed by the civilizations of the Orient. The Forbidden City was under construction and the Ottomans were closing in on Constantinople. The idea that the West would have come to dominate the rest would have struck you as wildly fanciful.
Main title:
Civilization : the West and the rest / Niall Ferguson.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Allen Lane, 2011.
Collation:
xxx, 402 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps, ports. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Notes:
TV tie-in.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781846142734 (hbk)
Dewey class:
909.08A909.08FER909.08 FER
Language:
English
BRN:
47075