Western Civilization A Brief History, Complete

by Perry, Marvin

• ISBN13: 9780495901150
• ISBN10: 0495901156
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-12
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

WESTERN CIVILIZATION: A BRIEF HISTORY, Seventh Edition, maintains a firm grounding in political history, while covering intellectual history (particularly the significance of ideas and contributions) to a greater and deeper extent than any other book for the course. Author Marvin Perry's accessible writing style and flexible approach make this abridged version of WESTERN CIVILIZATION: IDEAS, POLITICS AND SOCIETY an engaging book for users of the Western Civilization survey course. The most significant addition for the Seventh Edition is the insertion in every chapter of a primary source that illuminates the narrative. The Seventh Edition incorporates current scholarship and new material on the scholarly debate of Biblical minimalists who question the historicity of the Exodus, Christian-Roman and Christian-Jewish relations, nationalism and racial nationalism, the question of responsibility for World War I, communist and Nazi efforts at total control, the European Union, Russia today, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Al Qaeda and Islamic terrorism. Additionally, a new section dealing with Muslim immigrants in Europe and anti-Semitism has been added to this edition.

Table of Contents

The Ancient World: Foundation of the West to A.D.500

The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greeks: from Myth to Reason

Rome: from City-State to World Empire

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Minddle Ages: the Christian Centuries 500-1400

The Rise of Europe: Fusion of Classical, Christian, and Germanic Traditions

The Flowering and Dissolution of Medieval Civilization

The Rise of Modernity: from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment 1350-1789

Transition to the Modern Age: Renaissance and Reformation

Political and Economic Transformation: National States, Overseas Expansion, Commercial Revolution

Intellectual Transformation: the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment

The Modern West: Progress and Breakdown 1789-1914

The Era of the French Revolution: Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

The Industrial Revolution: the Transformation of Society

Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Surge of Liberalism and Nationalism: Revolution, Counterrevolution, and Unification

Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: Realism and Social Criticism

Europe in the Late Nineteenth Century: Modernization, Nationalism, Imperialism

Modern Consciousness: New Views of Nature, Human Nature, and the Arts

Westerncivilization in Crisis: World Wars and Totalitarianism 1914-1945

World War I: the West in Despair

An Era of Totalitarianism

World War II: Western Civilization in the Balance

The Contemporary World

The West in a Global Age

Epilogue: Reaffirming the Core Values of the Western Tradition

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