Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-218) and index.
Contents
Eurocentric history -- Max Weber : western rationality -- Lynn White, Jr. : inventive Europeans -- Robert Brenner : the tunnel of time -- Erik L. Jones : the European miracle -- Michael Mann : the march of history -- John A. Hall : democratic Europeans -- Jared Diamond : Euro-environmentalism -- David Landes : the empire strikes back -- Thirty reasons why Europeans are better than everyone else (a checklist).