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1 online resource (177 pages) |
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: The Model of Decline and Fall; CHAPTER TWO: Mercury and Mars; CHAPTER THREE: The Questioning of Rules in an Obscure and Irregular System; CHAPTER FOUR: Can It Last?; CHAPTER FIVE: The Victory of Mars; CHAPTER SIX: Terminus: Beyond the Fringe; CHAPTER SEVEN: The Holy Roman Empire and the Roman Empire; CONCLUSION; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
Modern America owes the Roman Empire for more than gladiator movies and the architecture of the nation's Capitol. It can also thank the ancient republic for some helpful lessons in globalization. So argues economic historian Harold James in this masterful work of intellectual history. The book addresses what James terms "the Roman dilemma"--The paradoxical notion that while global society depends on a system of rules for building peace and prosperity, this system inevitably leads to domestic clashes, international rivalry, and even wars. As it did in ancient Rome, James argues, a rule-based wo |
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Print version record |
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Smith, Adam, 1723-1790. Inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations.
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Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794. History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
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Gibbons, Edward, 1737-1794. History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire
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Smith, Adam, 1723-1790. Inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations
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History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire (Gibbon, Edward) fast |
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Inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations (Smith, Adam) fast |
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Imperialism.
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Power (Social sciences)
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International economic relations.
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International organization.
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Social values.
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Imperialism
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International economic relations
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International organization
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Power (Social sciences)
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Social values
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Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115128
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Rome (Empire)
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781400837632 |
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1400837634 |
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1282964763 |
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9781282964761 |
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