Cengage Advantage Books: Western Civilization A History of European Society, Compact Edition, Volume I

by Hause, Steven; Maltby, William

• ISBN13: 9780534621650
• ISBN10: 0534621651
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-10
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

This affordable THOMSON ADVANTAGE BOOKS version of WESTERN CIVILIZATION: A HISTORY OF EUROPEAN SOCIETY, COMPACT EDITION, VOLUME I offers a concise overview of the social and political forces that have shaped the West. In fewer pages than other texts, Hause and Maltby's narrative presents a social history of Western civilization within the essential contexts of major military and political events. Primary sources--excerpts of original documents that flesh out the concepts covered in the narrative, tables and graphs that collect the raw social and economic data of history--bring you right into the pages of history, giving you a fascinating look at the events that have shaped the world in which they live. Prominent subheads create a "virtual outline" that helps you quickly locate, read, and review key information. An in-text pronunciation guide and extensive end-of-chapter review materials--involve you in the story of the West.

Table of Contents

The Ancient Middle East: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Phoenicia, Israel

Ancient Greece to the End of the Peloponnesian Wars

Greek Culture and Its Hellenistic Diffusion

The Rise of the Roman Republic

Social, Political, and Economic Structures of Imperial Rome

The Origins of Christianity and the Decline of the Roman Empire

Rome's Successors: Byzantium, Islam, and the Germanic West

The Beginnings of the Feudal Age

Medieval Religion and Thought

Economic Development and Urban Growth in the High Middle Ages

Material and Social Life in the Middle Ages

Plague, War, and Social Change in the "Long" Fourteenth Century

The Renaissance: Political Renewal and Intellectual Change

The Religious Reformations of the Sixteenth Century

Overseas Conquest and Religious War to 1648

Preindustrial Europe: Science, the Economy, and Political Reorganization

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