Paola Livros

- ISBN: 9780143122067 Editora The Penguin Press. Ano 2012 - 432 pages. Tamanho 23 x 16 cm. Livro novo. Fotos. Capa dura e contracapa perfeitas. Em inglês. - Resumo: "A dazzling history of Western ideas."--The Economist
"Mr. Ferguson tells his story with characteristic verve and an eye for the felicitous phrase." --Wall Street Journal
"Written with vitality and verve . . . a tour de force." --Boston Globe
Western civilizations rise to global dominance is the single most important historical phenomenon of the past five centuries.
How did the West overtake its Eastern rivals? And has the zenith of Western power now passed? Acclaimed historian Niall Ferguson argues that beginning in the fifteenth century, the West developed six powerful new concepts, or "killer applications"--competition, science, the rule of law