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Genre/Form: | Case studies Études de cas |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
William R Thompson; Leila Zakhirova |
ISBN: | 9780190699680 019069968X 9780190699697 0190699698 |
OCLC Number: | 1134650442 |
Description: | ix, 306 pages ; 25 cm |
Contents: | Part I: IntroductionChapter 1: Systemic Leadership and Energy: The ArgumentChapter 2: The Leadership Long Cycle FrameworkChapter 3: Revising the Framework: Long Cycles, Eurasian History and the Role of EnergyPart II: The PastChapter 4: Rome as the Pinnacle of the Western Ancient World Chapter 5: China: The Incomplete TransitionChapter 6: The Netherlands: Not Quite the First Modern Economy and Its Immediate PredecessorsChapter 7: Britain: The First Modern Industrial Economy Combining Technology and EnergyChapter 8: The United States: Emulating and Surpassing Britain Chapter 9: Comparing the Four Main CasesPart III: The FutureChapter 10: Global Warming and (Possibly) the Nature of the Next World Economy UpswingChapter 11: Fracking, Warming, and Systemic LeadershipChapter 12: Racing to a Renewable Transition?Chapter 13: Denouement: World Politics, Systemic Leadership, and Climate ChangeReferences |
Responsibility: | William R. Thompson and Leila Zakhirova. |
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