9780826490230 | Bloomsbury USA Academic, June 26, 2006, cover price $32.95 |
About this edition: A large degree of success in Western civilization can be traced to six principal ideas - Christianity, optimism, science, economic growth, liberalism, and individualism.
9780826497611 | Bloomsbury USA Academic, September 15, 2007, cover price $21.95 |
About this edition: Western civilization has thrived more than any other civilization in the past or present - it has been much more successful in economic, military and political terms, in science and technology, in the arts, and in enhancing its citizens' health, wealth, longevity and even, probably, their happiness.