Why did British boats shoot their way up the Yangzi in 1842, rather than Chinese ones up the Thames? Why do Easterners use English more than Europeans speak in Mandarin or Japanese? To put it bluntly, why does the West rule? There are two schools of thought: the OCyLong-Term Lock-InOCO theory, suggesting some sort of inevitability, and the OCyShort-Term AccidentOCO theory. But both approaches have misunderstood the shape of history. Ian Morris presents a startling new theory, drawing on thousands of years of history and ...
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Why did British boats shoot their way up the Yangzi in 1842, rather than Chinese ones up the Thames? Why do Easterners use English more than Europeans speak in Mandarin or Japanese? To put it bluntly, why does the West rule? There are two schools of thought: the OCyLong-Term Lock-InOCO theory, suggesting some sort of inevitability, and the OCyShort-Term AccidentOCO theory. But both approaches have misunderstood the shape of history. Ian Morris presents a startling new theory, drawing on thousands of years of history and archaeology, and the methods of social science. He explains with flair and authority why the paths of development differed in the East and West and OCo also analysing a vicious twist in trajectories just ahead of us OCo when the WestOCOs lead will come to an end."
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