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9780534587086

Western Civilization A Brief History, Volume I, To 1715 (with InfoTrac)

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    9780534587086

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    0534587089

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-06-19
  • Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary

Take a fascinating look at western civilization that reveals the diversity and richness of the human experience! Explore Duiker and Spielvogel's brief, best-selling WESTERN CIVILIZATION: A BRIEF HISTORY, VOLUME I, TO 1715 and discover the common challenges and experiences that unite the human pastand inform the future. The authors weave the political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, and military aspects of history into a gripping story that is as memorable as it is instructive. In each chapter, you'll find introductions and conclusions that give you a context within which to understand these disparate themes. And the authors include dozens of maps and primary sources--including official documents, poems, and songs--that enliven the past while introducing you to the challenges involved in interpreting history.

Table of Contents

Documents xvii
Maps
xxi
Chronologies xxiii
Preface xxiv
Introduction to Students of Western Civilization xxviii
The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations
1(24)
The Ancient Near East: Empires and Peoples
25(19)
The Civilization of the Greeks
44(23)
The Hellenistic World
67(16)
The Roman Republic
83(23)
The Roman Empire
106(23)
The Passing of the Roman World and the Emergence of Medieval Civilization
129(22)
European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750--1000
151(21)
The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages
172(21)
A New World of Cities and Kingdoms
193(22)
The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century
215(20)
Recovery and Rebirth: The Age of the Renaissance
235(25)
The Age of Reformation
260(20)
Discovery and Crisis in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
280(23)
Response to Crisis: State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century
303(22)
Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science
325(18)
The Eighteenth Century: An Age of Enlightenment
343(19)
The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change
362(21)
A Revolution in Politics: The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon
383(22)
The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society
405(18)
Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815--1850
423(20)
An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850--1871
443(21)
Mass Society in an ``Age of Progress,'' 1871--1894
464(22)
An Age of Modernity and Anxiety, 1894--1914
486(25)
The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution
511(22)
The Futile Search for a New Stability: European Between the Wars, 1919--1939
533(22)
The Deepening European Crisis: World War II
555(23)
Cold War and a New Western World, 1945--1970
578(25)
The Contemporary Western World (Since 1970)
603(26)
Glossary 629(9)
Pronunciation Guide 638(7)
Credits 645(6)
Index 651

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