How the West Won: The Neglected Story of the Triumph of Modernity by Rodney Stark

How the West Won: The Neglected Story of the Triumph of Modernity

Rodney Stark

432 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective fast-paced

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Finally the Truth about the Rise of the WestModernity 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, teles...

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