Western Civilization A Brief History, Comprehensive Edition (with InfoTrac)

by Spielvogel, Jackson J.

• ISBN13: 9780534587079
• ISBN10: 0534587070
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-18
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Put the world today into context by learning about the past through this brief, best-selling Western Civilization text that has helped thousands of students succeed in the course. Jack Spielvogel's engaging style of writing weaves the political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, and military aspects of history into a gripping story that is as memorable as it is instructive. You will also be exposed to primary source documents actual historical documents that are the foundation for the historical analysis you read in the chapter. These documents include letters, poems, and songs through history-documents that actually enliven the past. Throughout the book there are also helpful tools to help you digest the reading including outlines, chronologies, numerous maps and key terms with definitions.

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