How and why did Europe rise to world preeminence? Providing an overview of this central historical conundrum of modern times, Historians Debate the Rise of the West will enable students to grasp major scholars' evaluations of the biggest picture of all: how Western civilization fits into modern world history. This title is an introduction for students of Western civilization and world history to the main interpretations of Europe's rise that have been proposed over the past half-century.
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'In this invaluable primer, Jonathan Daly brings together the most influential arguments from the last half century of anglophone scholarship on the perennial question: what led to the rise of the West? Students will get reliable summaries of the diverse views of more than a dozen prominent historians (and historical sociologists) - and in prose often more readable than the original texts.'
Professor John McNeill, Georgetown University, USA
Professor John McNeill, Georgetown University, USA
'In this invaluable primer, Jonathan Daly brings together the most influential arguments from the last half century of anglophone scholarship on the perennial question: what led to the rise of the West? Students will get reliable summaries of the diverse views of more than a dozen prominent historians (and historical sociologists) - and in prose often more readable than the original texts.'
Professor John McNeill, Georgetown University, USA
Professor John McNeill, Georgetown University, USA