Between 1492 and 1914, Europeans conquered 84 percent of the globe. But why did Europe rise to the top, when for centuries the Chinese, Japanese, Ottomans, and South Asians were far more advanced? Why didn't these powers establish global dominance? In Why Did Europe Conquer the World?, distinguished economic historian Philip Hoffman demonstrates that conventional responses--suc...(展开全部)

Between 1492 and 1914, Europeans conquered 84 percent of the globe. But why did Europe rise to the top, when for centuries the Chinese, Japanese, Ottomans, and South Asians were far more advanced? Why didn't these powers establish global dominance? In Why Did Europe Conquer the World?, distinguished economic historian Philip Hoffman demonstrates that conventional responses--suc...(展开全部)

'The forecasts in "Conquer the Crash" continue to be uncannily accurate. Look out below as the rest become reality' - Jim Puplava, host, 'financialsense.com'. A year after "Conquer the Crash" published, stock markets around the world fell precipitously. The rebound of the last six months has convinced some that we are leaving the bear market behind and entering a bull market an...(展开全部)

约瑟夫· 布尔戈（Joseph Burgo） 加利福尼亚大学心理学博士，临床心理治疗师，国际精神分析协会董事，拥有30多年的心理治疗经验，持有婚姻与家庭治疗师和临床心理学家的执照。他也是一名作家，擅长将晦涩难懂的心理学理论转化为通俗易懂的文字，已经出版了两部著作。他还经常接受知名心理学杂志和电视节目的专访，是很多著名广播栏目的常邀嘉宾。

安德鲁·劳勒，记者，科普作家，其作品涉猎广泛，类型多样。他是《科学》杂志撰稿人和《考古学》杂志特约编辑，也在《国家地理》《Smithsonian》《Discover》《哥伦比亚新闻评论》《纽约时报》《太阳报》《天文学》等报刊发表过文章。

安德鲁·劳勒，记者，科普作家，其作品涉猎广泛，类型多样。他是《科学》杂志撰稿人和《考古学》杂志特约编辑，也在《国家地理》《Smithsonian》《Discover》《哥伦比亚新闻评论》《纽约时报》《太阳报》《天文学》等报刊发表过文章。

Part of McGraw-Hill's Explorations in World History series, this brief and accessible volume explores one of the biggest questions of recent historical debate: how among all of Eurasia�s interconnected centers of power, it was Europe that came to dominate much of the world. Author Jack Goldstone presents the argument as it stands in light of up-to-date research so that readers ...(展开全部)

Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not provides a striking new answer to the classic question of why Europe industrialized from the late eighteenth century and Asia did not. Drawing significantly from the case of India, Prasannan Parthasarathi shows that in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the advanced regions of Europe and Asia were more alike than different, both char...(展开全部)

Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not provides a striking new answer to the classic question of why Europe industrialised from the late eighteenth century and Asia did not. Drawing significantly from the case of India, Prasannan Parthasarathi shows that in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the advanced regions of Europe and Asia were more alike than different, both chara...(展开全部)

Where do we come from? Are we merely a cluster of elementary particles in a gigantic world receptacle? And what does it all mean? In this highly original new book, the philosopher Markus Gabriel challenges our notion of what exists and what it means to exist. He questions the idea that there is a world that encompasses everything like a container life, the universe, and everyth...(展开全部)