Civilizations Past and Present

by Brummett, Palmira; Edgar, Robert B.; Hackett, Neil J.; Jewsbury, George F.; Taylor, Alastair M.; Bailey, Nels M.; Wallbank, T. Walter

• ISBN13: 9780321005298
• ISBN10: 0321005295
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

The new edition of Civilization Past and Present is a major revision of a classic text (the last edition had Wallbank as the lead author). Civilization Past and Present has a strong European core with excellent global coverage and is well known in the marketplace as a highly readable, accessible survey text. This is important since students often complain that they are overwhelmed with too much content in this course. The main thrust of the revision is to make the book more inclusive of areas beyond Europe. With two new authors, an Annotated Instructors Edition, a new, unique feature that focuses on primary maps, a beautiful new four-color design, and a premiere supplements package on the market, this edition of Civilization Past and Present offers students and professors an accessible and exciting survey of World Civilization. For the first time, we will be adding an Annotated Instructors Edition, which will provide numerous useful teaching suggestions and ideas. The Annotated Instructors Edition is unique in this market and will prove invaluable to professors who invariably end up teaching parts of the course which are out of their area of expertise since the course is so broad. This edition is available electronically on CD-ROM that includes the entire text, study guide, videos, web links, maps, charts, and photos. Free when bundled, this exciting new multimedia learning tool is easy to navigate and makes reading the textbook fun. Students will love how simple it is to take notes online, search for a topic, create a binder of documents, take practice tests, and watch historical videos.

Table of Contents

Detailed Contents	vii
Documents	xvi
Maps	xvii
Discovery Through Maps	xix
To the Instructor	xxi
To the Student	xxvii
Prologue
Perspective On Humanity	xxix
PART 1 The Ancient World	2	(166)
Prelithic to Neolithic Societies	4	(16)
Early Civilizations	20	(32)
The Greek Achievement	52	(34)
Roman Civilization	86	(34)
Classical China	120	(20)
Ancient India	140	(28)
PART 2 The Middle Ages	168	(184)
Christianity and the New Christian Romes	170	(30)
The Church in the Middle Ages	200	(16)
The Birth of Europe	216	(28)
Islam	244	(26)
The African Genesis	270	(28)
The Growth and Spread of Asian Culture 300-1300	298	(32)
The Americas to 1492	330	(22)
PART 3 The Transition to Modern Times	352	(138)
The Renaissance in Italy and Northern Europe	354	(30)
The Christian Reformations and the Emergence of the Modern Political System	384	(40)
The Global Impact of European Expansion and Colonization 1492-1660	424	(28)
The Islamic Gunpowder Empires, 1300-1650	452	(22)
Ming China and National Development in Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia, 1300-1650	474	(16)
PART 4 The Rising European Tide	490	(154)
From Absolutism to the Old Regime	492	(36)
Limited Central Power in the Capitalist World, 1600-1789	528	(22)
The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment	550	(34)
The French and Napoleonic Revolutions and Their Impact on Europe and the Americas, 1789-1825	584	(30)
Africa, Asia, and European Penetration, 1650-1815	614	(30)
PART 5 The Century of Western Dominance	644	(152)
Foundations of Western Dominance	646	(24)
The Politics of Ideas in the Western World,1815-1861	670	(26)
Power Politics in the West, 1861-1914	696	(28)
Africa and the Middle East, 1800-1914	724	(28)
Four Faces of Nineteenth-Century Imperialism	752	(26)
The Perils of "Progress"	778	(18)
PART 6 The New Thirty Years' War	796	(136)
Winning the War and Losing the Peace	798	(40)
Authoritarian Alternatives	838	(30)
Emerging National Movements in Asia and Africa, 1920s to 1950s	868	(36)
Western Weakness, Diplomatic Failure, and World War II	904	(28)
PART 7 From Bipolar Ideology to Global Competition	932	(2)
The Cold War and After	934	(36)
The "Developed World" Since 1945	970	(24)
The Developing World	994
Epilogue	E-1
Credits	C-1
Index	I-1