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WhyhastheWestdominatedtheglobeforthepastyears,andwillitspowerlast?IanMorrispresentsastartlingnewtheoryHeexplainswithflairandauthority whythepathsofdevelopmentdifferedintheEastandWestandanalysingavicioustwistintrajectoriesjustaheadofuspredictswhentheWest'sleadwillcometo anendToputitbluntly,whydoestheWestrule?Therearetwoschoolsofthought:the‘Long-TermLockIn’theory,suggestingsomesortofinevitability,andthe ‘Short-TermAccident’theoryToputitbluntly,whydoestheWestrule?Therearetwoschoolsofthought:the‘Long-TermLockIn’theory,suggestingsomesort ofinevitability,andthe‘Short-TermAccident’WhydoestheWestrule?ArchaeologistandhistorianIanMorrisexplainsthatWesterndominanceislargelythe resultoftheeffectsofgeographyontheeverydayeffortsofordinarypeopleastheydealwithcrisesofresources,disease,migration,andclimateButboth approacheshavemisunderstoodtheshapeofMorrispresentsastartlingnewtheoryInordertounderstandthispossibility,weneedtolookbackintimeAs geographyandhumaningenuitycontinuetointeract,however,theworldoverthenexthundredNow,atthebeginningofthestcentury,manyworrythatthe emergingeconomicpowerofChinaandIndiaspellstheendoftheWestasasuperpower.Inthismagnumopus,eminentStanfordpolymathIanMorrisanswers thisprovocativequestion,drawingon,yearsofhistory,archeology,andMissing:pdfThisviewasksustousethelensofrelationalandhierarchicalperspectives, whichcontainvarioustypesofinterconnectednarrativesbetweenEuropeanandnon-EuropeanDescription