Sources of the Western Tradition Volume 2: From the Rennaissance to the Present, Brief Edition

by Perry, Marvin

• ISBN13: 9780618539031
• ISBN10: 0618539034
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-06
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

This brief, two-volume primary source reader emphasizes the history of ideas. Based on the full-length Sources of the Western Tradition, 6/e, this text allows instructors to introduce a limited number of documents in Western Civilization and present an affordable option to students. While this reader works as an accompaniment to any Western Civilization course, it makes an ideal companion for Perry's Western Civilization, 7/e, or Western Civilization: A Brief History, 5/e.

Table of Contents

Early Modern Europe

The Rise of Modernity

The Humanists' Fascination with Antiquity Petrarch

The Father of Humanism Leonardo Bruni

Study of Greek Literature and a Humanist Educational Program

Break with Medieval Political Theory Niccol?

Machiavelli: The Prince

The Lutheran Reformation Martin Luther

On Papal Power, Justification by Faith, the Interpretation of the Bible, and the Nature of the Clergy

Justification of Absolute Monarchy Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan

The Triumph of Constitutional Monarchy in England

The Glorious Revolution

The English Declaration of Rights

Intellectual Revolutions

Expanding the New Astronomy Galileo Galilei

The Starry Messenger Galileo Galilei

Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina and Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems--Ptolemaic and Copernican

The Autonomy of the Mind Ren?

Descartes: Discourse on Method

The Mechanical Universe Isaac Newton: Principia Mathematica

Political Liberty John Locke

Second Treatise on Government Thomas Jefferson

Declaration of Independence

Attack on Religion Voltaire

A Plea for Tolerance and Reason Thomas Paine

The Age of Reason

Compendium of Knowledge Denis Diderot

Encyclopedia

Humanitarianism Caesare Beccaria

On Crime and Punishments Denis Diderot

Encyclopedia

"Men and Their Liberty Are Not Objects of Commerce..."

Literature as Satire

Critiques of European Society Voltaire

Candide Denis Diderot

Supplement to the Voyage of Bouganville

Modern Europe

Era of the French Revolution

Abuses of the Old Regime Grievances of the Third Estate Emmanuel Siey?s

Bourgeois Disdain for Special Privileges of the Aristocracy

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens

Expansion of Human Rights Mary Wollstonecraft

Vindication of the Rights of Woman Society of the Friends of Blacks

Address to the National Assembly in Favor of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Petition of the Jews of Paris, Alsace, and Lorraine to the National Assembly, January 28, 1790

The Jacobin Regime Maximilien Robespierre

Republic of Virtue General Louis de Ligni?res Turreau

Uprising in the Vend?e

Napoleon

Destroyer and Preserver of the Revolution Napoleon Bonaparte

Leader, General, Tyrant, Reformer

The Industrial Revolution

Early Industrialization Edward Baines

Britain's Industrial Advantages and the Factory System

The New Science of Political Economy Adam Smith

The Wealth of Nations Thomas R. Malthus

On the Principle of Population

The Capitalist Ethic Samuel Smiles

Self-Help and Thrift

The Dark Side of Industrialization Sadler Commission

Report on Child Labor

Factory Discipline Factory Rules

Romanticism, Reaction, Revolution

Romanticism William Wordsworth

"Tables Turned" William Blake: "Milton"

Conservatism Edmund Burke

Reflections on the Revolution in France Klemens von Metternich

The Odious Ideas of the Philosophes

Liberalism John Stuart Mill: On Liberty

The Rise of Modern Nationalism Ernst Moritz Arndt

The War of Liberation Giuseppe Mazzini: Young Italy

1848: The Year of Revolutions Alexis de Tocqueville

The June Days

Culture, Society, and Politics, 1850-1914

Realism in Literature Charles Dickens: Hard Times

Theory of Evolution Charles Darwin: Natural Selection

The Socialist Revolution Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels: Communist Manifesto

The Lower Classes William Booth: In Darkest England

Feminism and Antifeminism John Stuart Mill: The Subjection of Women

The Goncourt Brothers: On Female Inferiority

Almroth E. Wright: The Unexpurgated Case Against Woman Suffrage

Anti-Semitism: Regression to the Irrational

Hermann Ahlwardt: The Semitic Versus the Teutonic Race

Theodor Herzl: The Jewish State

The Spirit of British Imperialism Cecil Rhodes: Confession of Faith

Joseph Chamberlain: The British Empire

Colonial Commerce and "The White Man's Burden"

Karl Pearson: Social Darwinism

Imperialism Justified by Nature

The Overman and the Will to Power Friedrich Nietzsche

The Will to Power and The Antichrist

The Unconscious Sigmund Freud

Civilization and Its Discontents

Western Civilization in Crisis

World War I

Militarism Heinrich von Treitschke

The Greatness of War Friedrich von Bernhardi

Germany and the Next War

Pan-Serbism: Nationalism and Terrorism The Black Hand

War as Celebration

The Mood in European Capitals Roland Doregel?s

Paris: "That Fabulous Day"

Stefan Zweig: Vienna

"The Rushing Feeling of Fraternity"

Trench Warfare Erich Maria Remarque

All Quiet on the Western Front

The Paris Peace Conference Georges Clemenceau

French Demands for Security and Revenge

The Bolshevik Revolution N.N. Sukhanov: Trotsky Arouses the People

V.I. Lenin: The Call to Power

The War and European Consciousness Paul Val?ry: Disillusionment

Erich Maria Remarque: The Lost Generation

Era of Totalitarianism

Modernize or Perish Joseph Stalin: The Hard Line

Forced Collectivization Lev Kopelev: Terror in the Countryside

Soviet Indoctrination A.O. Avdienko: The Cult of Stalin

Yevgeny Yevtushenko: Literature as Propaganda

Stalin's Terror Nikita S. Khrushchev: Khrushchev's Secret Speech

Lev Razgon: True Stories

The Rise of Italian Fascism Benito Mussolini: Fascist Doctrines

The Rise of Nazism Adolf Hitler: Mein Kampf Kurt G.W. Ludecke

The Demagogic Orator

The Leader-State Ernst Huber: "The Authority of the F?hrer Is...All-Inclusive and Unlimited"

The Nazification of Culture and Society Johannes Stark

"Jewish Science" Versus "German Science" Jakob Graf

Hereditary and Racial Biology for Students Louis P. Lochner: Book Burning

Persecution of the Jews Marta Appel: Memoirs of a German Jewish Woman

World War II

The Anschluss, March 1938 Stefan Zweig: The World of Yesterday

The Munich Agreement Neville Chamberlain

In Defense of Appeasement Winston Churchill: "A Disaster of the First Magnitude"

World War II Begins Adolf Hitler: "Poland Will Be Depopulated and Settled with Germans"

The Fall of France Heinz Guderian: "French Leadership...Could Not Grasp the Significance of the Tank in Mobile Warfare"

The Battle of Britain Winston Churchill: "Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat"

Nazi Propaganda: for Volk, F?hrer, and Fatherland The Indoctrination of the German Soldier

Stalingrad: A Turning Point William Hoffman

Diary of a German Soldier Joachim Wieder: Memories and Reassessments

The Holocaust Hermann Graebe: Slaughter of Jews in the Ukraine

Rudolf Hoess: Commandant of Auschwitz Y. Pfeffer

Concentration Camp Life and Death

D-Day, June 6, 1944 Historical Division

War Department: Omaha Beachhead

Western Europe: The Dawn of a New Era

The Aftermath: Devastation and Demoralization Stephen Spender

European Witness

The Cold War Winston Churchill: The "Iron Curtain"

Communist Repression Milovan Djilas: The New Class Andor Heller

The Hungarian Revolution, 1956

Germany Confronts Its Past Hannah Vogt: The Burden of Guilt

The Contemporary World

The West in an Age of Globalism

The Collapse of Communism Vaclav Havel: The Failure of Communism

Globalization: Patterns and Problems Fareed Zakaria

"Democracy Has Its Dark Sides"

Radical Islamic Terrorism Abbas Amanat: "Empowered Through Violence

The Reinvention of Islamic Extremism" The Economist: "Martyrdom and Murder"

Enlargement of the European Union Bertie Ahern, "Enlargement Is About Opening Minds as Well as Borders"

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