OnE of thE grE at pleasures of writing this book has been the opportunity to roam around considering historical questions that are fundamental to how we think about politics past, present, and future. How the Europeans Won in the End (Before They Later Lost) ix introduCtion The Military Revolution and the First International SystemĬompany Sovereigns and the Empires of the East.World History Archive / Alamy Stock Photo Production: Jacquie Poirier Publicity: Tayler Lord Copyeditor: Jay Boggis This book has been composed in Miller Printed on acid-free paper. Pr i nC Et on u n i v E r si t y pr E ss pr i nC Et on & ox for dĬopyright © 2019 by Princeton University Press Published by Princeton University Press 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 6 Oxford Street, Woodstock, Oxfordshire ox20 1tr All Rights Reserved LCCN 2018940067 ISBN 978-9-7 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available Editorial: Sarah Caro and Hannah Paul Production Editorial: Debbie Tegarden Jacket Design: Lorraine Betz Doneker Jacket credit: Color woodblock depicting a Dutch ship of the Dutch East India Company, c. Empires of the Weak t hE r E a l story of Eu ropE a n E x pa nsion a n d t hE Cr E at ion of t hE n E W Wor l d or dEr
