Civilization

From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower “A dazzling history of Western ideas.” — The Economist “Mr. Ferguson tells his story with characteristic verve and an eye for the felicitous phrase.” — Wall Street Journal “[W]ritten with vitality and verve . . . a tour de force.” — Boston Globe Western civilization’s rise to global dominance is the single most important historical phenomenon of the past five centuries. How did the West overtake its Eastern rivals? A