MARC details
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02974cam a2200349Ki 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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on1151104646 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OCoLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20210112124730.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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200419s2020 nju b 001 0 eng d |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
YDX |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Transcribing agency |
YDX |
| Modifying agency |
BDX |
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NFG |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0691210071 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780691210070 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)1151104646 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
909.08 |
| Item number |
S531 |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
NFGA |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Sharman, J. C. |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Empires of the weak : |
| Remainder of title |
the real story of European expansion and the creation of the new world order / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
J.C. Sharman |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First paperback printing |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
Princeton, New Jersey : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Princeton University Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
2020. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xii, 196 pages ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content Type Term |
text |
| Content Type Code |
txt |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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| Media Type Term |
unmediated |
| Media Type Code |
n |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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| Carrier Type Term |
volume |
| Carrier Type Code |
nc |
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rdacarrier |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-189) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Introduction : The Military Revolution and the First International System -- Iberian Conquistadors and Supplicants -- Company Sovereigns and the Empires of the East -- The Asian Invasion of Europe in Context -- Conclusion : How the Europeans Won in the End (Before They Later Lost). |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"What accounts for the rise of the state, the creation of the first global system, and the dominance of the West? The conventional answer asserts that superior technology, tactics, and institutions forged by Darwinian military competition gave Europeans a decisive advantage in war over other civilizations from 1500 onward. In contrast, Empires of the Weak argues that Europeans actually had no general military superiority in the early modern era. J.C. Sharman shows instead that European expansion from the late fifteenth to the late eighteenth centuries is better explained by deference to strong Asian and African polities, disease in the Americas, and maritime supremacy earned by default because local land-oriented polities were largely indifferent to war and trade at sea. Europeans were overawed by the mighty Eastern empires of the day, which pioneered key military innovations and were the greatest early modern conquerors. Against the view that the Europeans won for all time, Sharman contends that the imperialism of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was a relatively transient and anomalous development in world politics that concluded with Western losses in various insurgencies. If the twenty-first century is to be dominated by non-Western powers like China, this represents a return to the norm for the modern era. Bringing a revisionist perspective to the idea that Europe ruled the world due to military dominance, Empires of the Weak demonstrates that the rise of the West was an exception in the prevailing world order."--Dust jacket. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Imperialism |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
45928 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
World politics. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
139391 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Europe |
| General subdivision |
Foreign relations. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Europe |
| General subdivision |
Civilization. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
51425 |
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C0 |
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NFG |
