Western Civilization Volume II: Since 1500 (with InfoTrac)

by Spielvogel, Jackson J.

• ISBN13: 9780534600082
• ISBN10: 0534600085
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-23
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

This is Volume II (chapters 13-29) of the best-selling Western civilization text that has helped hundreds of thousands of students learn about the present by exploring the past. Jack Spielvogel's engaging, chronological narrative 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. Each chapter offers a substantial introduction and conclusion that sparks students' imaginations by giving them a context within which to understand these disparate themes. And while the single-author narrative makes it easy for students to follow the story of Western civilization, Spielvogel has included dozens of maps and primary sources--including official documents, poems, and songs--that enliven the past while introducing students to the challenges involved in interpreting history. Available in many split options: WESTERN CIVILIZATION, Comprehensive, Fifth Edition (Chapters 1-29), ISBN: 0534600069; WESTERN CIVILIZATION, Volume I, To 1715, Fifth Edition (Chapters 1-16), ISBN: 0534600077; WESTERN CIVILIZATION, Volume II, Since 1550, Fifth Edition (Chapters 13-29), ISBN: 0534600085; WESTERN CIVILIZATION, Volume A: To 1500, Fifth Edition (Chapters 1-12), ISBN: 0534529496; WESTERN CIVILIZATION, Volume B: 1300-1815, Fifth Edition (Chapters 11-19), ISBN: 053452950X; WESTERN CIVILIZATION, Volume C: Since 1789, Fifth Edition (Chapters 19-29), ISBN: 0534529526; WESTERN CIVILIZATION, Since 1300, Fifth Edition (Chapters 11-29), ISBN: 0534600107.

Author Biography

Jackson J. Spielvogel is associate professor emeritus of history at The Pennsylvania State University

Table of Contents

Documents	xiii
Maps	xix
Chronologies	xxi
Preface	xxiii
Introduction to Students of Western Civilization	xxix
Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century	336	(32)
Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500--1800	368	(32)
State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century	400	(38)
Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science	438	(25)
The Eighteenth Century: An Age of Enlightenment	463	(28)
The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change	491	(31)
A Revolution in Politics: The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon	522	(30)
The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society	552	(27)
Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815--1850	579	(32)
An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850--1871	611	(31)
Mass Society in an "Age of Progress," 1871--1894	642	(30)
An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894--1914	672	(35)
The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution	707	(32)
The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919--1939	739	(32)
The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War II	771	(32)
Cold War and a New Western World, 1945--1970	803	(32)
The Western World (Since 1970)	835	(34)
Glossary	869	(8)
Pronunciation Guide	877	(8)
Credits	885	(4)
Index	889