Goody, Jack. <br/><br/>
The Eurasian miracle /. 

 - v, 159 p. ;. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-150) and index. 
<br/><br/>Alternation or supremacy? -- Why European and not Eurasian? -- Domestic aspects of the 'miracle' -- Eurasia and the Bronze Age -- Merchants and their role in alternation -- Merchant wealth and puritanical asceticism -- Towards a knowledge society -- The temporary advantage in alternation of the post-Renaissance west -- Alternation in Eurasia -- Appendix 1. Arguments of the Europeanists -- Appendix 2. Water in east and west. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0745647936 (hbk.) 0745647944 (pbk.) 9780745647937 (hbk.) 9780745647944 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Asia--Civilization--European influences.<br/>Asia--History.<br/>Asia--Relations--History.--Europe<br/>Europe--Civilization--Asian influences.<br/>Europe--History.<br/>Europe--Relations--History.--Asia