Civilization: The West and the Rest (76 page)

civilization(s)
1–18

Fernand Braudel on
xxv–xxvi
,
3

Christianity and
268
,
288

Winston Churchill on
98
,
139
,
325

Kenneth Clark on
1–2

as complex systems
299–301

definition
1–3
,
142
; first use of term
2

East Asian
3–5
,
7
,
11
,
20

Freud on
272–3

Gandhi on
141
,
144
,
195

Great Divergence theory of
304–5

growth/numbers of
3–5
,
8
,
142

Samuel Huntington on
15
,
16
,
312–13

life-cycle theory of
297–9

success/decline of
3
,
4
,
7
,
17–18
,
44–9
,
291–4
,
295–325

Western
see
Western ascendancy

see also
imperialism

Clark, Gregory:
Farewell to Alms
200
n

Clark, Kenneth
199
n

on civilization
1–2

Clausewitz, Carl von:
On War
157–8

Clemenceau, Georges
183
,
187

climate change
see
environmental issues

clocks/clockwork
27
,
41–2
,
47
,
90

marine chronometers
70

clothing
see
fashion/clothing

coal supplies
203–4

Cobbett, William
203

Coca-Cola
145
n,
242–3

Cohn-Bendit, Daniel
245

Cold War
236–9
,
250

Cole, Thomas:
The Course of Empire
(paintings)
295–6
,
298
,
299

Collingwood, R. G.
xx–xxii
,
xxv

Colombia
105
,
115
,
122

Angostura
121
,
123
,
125

colonialism
see
imperialism

Columbus, Christopher
28

communication(s)
218–19

language
see
linguistic issues

in/with overseas colonies
170–71
,
181–2

railways
170
,
171
,
204
,
215
,
218
,
224

in warfare
55
,
181–2

communism
7
,
11
,
209–10
,
227–8
,
236
,
238

consumerism and
249–50

see also
Russia/Soviet Union

comparative advantage
202
,
202
n

competition
12
,
13
,
36–49

between states
36–9
,
41

definition
13

in trade
33–6
,
48
;
see also
trade

within states
24
,
39–41

complex systems/complexity
299–301

Comunero Revolution (1781)
115

Conder, Josiah
222
n

Condorcet, marquis Nicolas de Caritat de
79
Reflections on Negro Slavery
78

Confucian philosophy
21
,
27
,
32
,
43
,
264
,
286

Congo: Belgian
176
,
191
; French
174

Conrad, Joseph:
Heart of Darkness
181

consumer credit
238

consumerism
12
,
14
,
17
,
195
,
196–255
,
288

communist attitude to
249–50

definition
13

development of
196–218
,
257

fashion
see
fashion/clothing

Industrial Revolution and
201

jeans as symbol of
240–49
,
250

marketing
241
,
242
,
246

Copernicus, Nicolaus
65

Cortés, Hernán
99

cotton industry/trade
201
,
202–3
,
204
,
218

see also
textile industry

Crompton, Samuel
200

Cromwell, Oliver
107

cultural pursuits
11
,
76
,
91–2
,
235
n

art/painting
60
,
232
;
see also
individual artists

film
230
,
241

literature
60
,
76
,
181
,
203
,
228
,
269–70

music
see
music

Czech Revolution (1967–8)
247–9
,
251

da Camões, Luis
35

da Gama, Vasco
33–5
,
37
,
39

Daily Mail
xxii
,
xxii
n

Danton, Georges Jacques
155–6

Darby, Abraham
200

David, Jacques-Louis
159

Davis, Jacob
241

de Albuquerque, Alfonso, Governor of Portuguese India
34

de Aliaga, Jerónimo
101
,
102
,
103
,
112–13

de Córdoba, Fray Pedro
113–14

de Freycinet, Charles
170

de Montfort, Simon
40

de Tocqueville, Alexis

Democracy in America
153–4

on French Revolution
153–4

de Torres, Sebastián
112–13

De Tott, baron François
87

Debieuvre, Lieut. Colonel (French army)
185–6

Debord, Guy
246

Debray, Régis
244

Delacroix, Eugène:
Liberty Leads the People
(painting)
161
n

Delafosse, Maurice
166

Delavignette, Robert
172–3

demography
see
population figures

Deng Xiaoping
48

Denmark
147

Deppe, Ludwig
182

Descartes, René
65
,
66
,
80

di Lampedusa, Giuseppe Tomasi:
The Leopard
214–15

Diagne, Blaise
166–7
,
183–4
,
187

Diamond, Jared

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail …
298–9

on Western ascendancy
11–12

Dias, Bartolomeu
33

Dickens, Charles
203

Diderot, Denis
79

Diebitsch, Karl
233

diet
7
,
24–5
,
45–6
,
170
,
211

sugar
10
,
45
; production of
129
,
131–2
,
160

discovery
see
exploration

disease(s)
see
health issues

Djilas, Milovan
239

Dominican Republic
128

Donizetti, Giuseppe
88

Donne, Anne
xxii

Donne, John
xxii–xxiii

Dostoevsky, Fyodor:
Crime and Punishment
228

Dubček, Alexander
248

Duckworth, Sir John
85

Dutch East India Company
38

Dutschke, Rudi
245

East India Company
see
British East India Company
;
Dutch East India Company

economic crises
7
,
17
,
44

in the West
xvii–xviii
,
257
,
258
,
259
,
260–64
,
276–7
,
283
,
288
,
301
,
307–12
; in France
149–50
,
161

in Ottoman empire
71
,
89

economic growth/output
5
,
14
,
199
,
200
,
204–5
,
218
,
225
,
227
,
232–3
,
257
,
304–5
,
306–7

in East Asia
239–40

in Great Depression
229–31