Civilization: The Six Killer Apps of Western Power

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    Civilization Reveals the 'killer applications' that did it: competition - How Europe's small, piratical states built modern capitalism; science - How innovation gave the West the military edge; property rights - How the laws of private property built the United States; and medicine - How colonialism transformed the world's health. Full description

    Author : Niall Ferguson

    Label : Penguin

    Manufacturer : Penguin

    Studio : Penguin

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