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

by Rodney Stark

Book Overview

Finally the Truth about the Rise of the West 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. But acclaimed author Rodney...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 161017139X
• ISBN13: 9781610171397
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Intercollegiate Studies Institute
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 9.0"