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008			150705s2012 nyua f b 001 0 eng d
020			_a9780143122067
040			_aEG-ScBUE _beng _erda _cEG-ScBUE _dEG-ScBUE
082	0	4	_a909.09821 _bFER _222
100	1		_aFerguson, Niall, _eauthor. _936876
245	1	0	_aCivilization : _bthe west and the rest / _cNiall Ferguson.
264		1	_aNew York : _bThe Penguin Group / Penguin Books, _c2012.
300			_axxx, 402 pages : _billustrations (some color) ; _c25 cm
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
500			_aCover : " New York Times bestseller".
500			_aCover : " "A dazzling history of Western ideas." ــــ The Economist".
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aWhat was it about the civilization of Western Europe that allowed it to trump the outwardly superior empires of the Orient? The answer, Niall Ferguson argues, was that the West developed six "killer applications"?that the Rest lacked: competition, science, democracy, medicine, consumerism and the work ethic. The key question today is whether or not the West has lost its monopoly on these six things. If so, Ferguson warns, we may be living through the end of Western ascendancy.
650		7	_aEast and West. _2BUEsh _937081
650		7	_aComparative civilization. _2BUEsh
650		7	_aHistory, Modern _2BUEsh
651			_2BUEsh
653			_bBUSADM _cJuly2015 _cFebruary2016
655			_vReading book
942			_2ddc _cBB
999			_c20181 _d20153