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-- West and the rest.2012., BBC Call No: DVD 909.0981 C58f Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The West once ruled more than half the world. The religion it exported, Christianity, is still followed by a third of mankind. Above all, the way people live, or aspire to live, are unmistakably an invention of the West. All over the world, more and more humans eat a Western diet, wear Western clothes and live in Western housing. Niall Ferguson explains how by juxtaposing, we can uncover the keys, the six killer applications, of Western ascendancy.
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By Morris, Ian2010., Farrar, Straus and Giroux Call No: 909.09821 M876w Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Archaeologist and historian Ian Morris explains that Western dominance is largely the result of the effects of geography on the everyday efforts of ordinary people as they deal with crises of resources, disease, migration, and climate. As geography and human ingenuity continue to interact, however, the world over the next hundred years will subsequently change in astonishing ways, transforming Western rule in the process.