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Pages: 330
Authors: Jean Bottéro
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1995-06-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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Why the West Rules - For Now
Language: en
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Why does the West rule? In this magnum opus, eminent Stanford polymath Ian Morris answers this provocative question, drawing on 50,000 years of history, archeol