Download or read book Why Europe? The Rise of the West in World History 1500-1850 written by Jack A. Goldstone and published by McGraw-Hill Higher Education. This book was released on 2009 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores one of the biggest questions of historical debate: how among Eurasia's interconnected centers of power, it was Europe that came to dominate much of the world.