God and Gold
Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World
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Random House Inc
USA
2008
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Paperback
449
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279276
978-0-375-71373-6
0-375-71373-5
Civilization, Modern; American influences.
Annotation
A stunningly insightful account of the global political and economic system, sustained first by Britain and now by America, that has created the modern world. The key to the two countries' predominance, Mead argues, lies in the individualistic ideology inherent in the Anglo-American religion. Over the years Britain and America's liberal democratic system has been repeatedly challeged by Catholic Spain and Louis XIV, the Nazis, communists, and Al Qaeda and for the most part, it has prevailed. But the current conflicts in the Middle East threaten to change that record unless we foster a deeper understanding of the conflicts between the liberal world system and its foes.
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