How the West won : the neglected story of the triumph of modernity
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1 online resource (1 audio file (15hr., 25 min.)) : digital.
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access - Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [United States] : Tantor Media, Inc., 2014.
- Distributor: Made available through hoopla
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Restrictions on Access Note: | Digital content provided by hoopla. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Kevin Foley. |
Summary, etc.: | Modernity developed only in the West-in Europe and North America. Nowhere else did science and democracy arise; nowhere else was slavery outlawed. Only Westerners invented chimneys, musical scores, telescopes, eyeglasses, pianos, electric lights, aspirin, and soap. The question is, why? Unfortunately, that question has become so politically incorrect that most scholars avoid it. Butacclaimed author Rodney Stark provides the answers in this sweeping new look at Western civilization. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Subject: | Civilization, Western History Civilization, Modern History Science History Technology History Intellectual life History |
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