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020    9780691139333 (cloth : alk. paper) 
020    0691139334 (cloth : alk. paper) 
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050 00 JC359|b.H389 2010 
100 1  Headrick, Daniel R. 
245 10 Power over peoples :|btechnology, environments, and 
       Western imperialism, 1400 to the present /|cDaniel R. 
       Headrick. 
260    Princeton, N.J. :|bPrinceton University Press,|cc2010. 
300    x, 400 p. :|bill., maps ;|c24 cm. 
490 0  The Princeton economic history of the Western world 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  The discovery of the oceans, to 1779 -- Eastern ocean 
       empires, 1497-1700 -- Horses, diseases, and the conquest 
       of the Americas, 1492-1849 -- The limits of the old 
       imperialism: Africa and Asia to 1859 -- Steamboat 
       imperialism, 1807-1898 -- Health 
520 8  In this work, Daniel Headrick traces the evolution of 
       Western technologies and sheds light on the environmental 
       and social factors that have brought victory in some cases
       and unforeseen defeat in others. 
650  0 Imperialism|xHistory. 
650  0 Technology|xHistory. 
650  0 Military weapons|xHistory. 
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