The West Encounters and Transformations, Volume 2, Books a la Carte Edition

by Levack, Brian; Muir, Edward; Veldman, Meredith; Maas, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780205949229
• ISBN10: 0205949223
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Loose-leaf
• Copyright: 2013-07-01
• Publisher: Pearson
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Summary

Explore the changing nature of the West

 

Rather than looking at Western civilization only as the history of Europe from ancient times to the present, this groundbreaking book examines the changing nature of the West–how the definition of the West has evolved and has been transformed throughout history. It explores the ways Western civilization has changed as a result of cultural encounters with different beliefs, ideas, technologies, and peoples, both outside the West and within it. Presenting a balanced treatment of political, social, religious, and cultural history, this text emphasizes the ever-shifting boundaries of the geographic and cultural realm of the West.

 

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Table of Contents

In this Section:

1) Brief Table of Contents

2) Full Table of Contents

 

1) Brief Table of Contents

 

Chapter 15: The Age of Confessional Division  

Chapter 16: Absolutism and State Building in Europe, 1618—1715

Chapter 17: The Scientific Revolution  

Chapter 18: The West and the World: Empire, Trade, and War, 1650—1815  

Chapter 19: Eighteenth-Century Society and Culture  
Chapter 20: The Age of the French Revolution, 1789—1815  

Chapter 21: The Industrial Revolution  

Chapter 22: Ideological Conflict and National Unification, 1815—1871  

Chapter 23: The Coming of Mass Politics: Industrialization, Emancipation,  and Instability, 1870—1914  

Chapter 24: The West and the World: Cultural Crisis and the New Imperialism, 1870—1914

Chapter 25: The First World War  
Chapter 26: Reconstruction, Reaction, and Continuing Revolution: The  1920s and 1930s  

Chapter 27: World War II  

Chapter 28: Redefining the West After World War II

Chapter 29: The West in the Contemporary Era: New Encounters and Transformations

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2) Full Table of Contents

 

Chapter 15: The Age of Confessional Division
The Peoples of Early Modern Europe
Disciplining the People
Hunting Witches
The Confessional States
States and Confessions in Eastern Europe

 

Chapter 16: Absolutism and State Building in Europe, 1618—1715
The Nature of Absolutism
The Absolutist State in France and Spain
Absolutism and State Building in Central and Eastern Europe
Resistance to Absolutism in England and the Dutch Republic

 

Chapter 17: The Scientific Revolution
The Discoveries and Achievements of the Scientific Revolution
The Search for Scientific Knowledge
The Causes of the Scientific Revolution
The Intellectual Consequences of the Scientific Revolution
Humans and the Natural World

 

Chapter 18: The West and the World: Empire, Trade, and War, 1650—1815
European Empires in the Americas and Asia
Warfare in Europe, North America, and Asia
The Atlantic World
Encounters Between Europeans and Asians
The Crisis of Empire and the Atlantic Revolutions

 

Chapter 19: Eighteenth-Century Society and Culture
The Aristocracy
Challenges to Aristocratic Dominance
The Enlightenment
The Impact of the Enlightenment
 
Chapter 20: The Age of the French Revolution, 1789—1815
The First French Revolution, 1789—1791
The French Republic, 1792—1799
Cultural Change in France during the Revolution
The Napoleonic Era, 1799—1815
The Legacy of the French Revolution

 

Chapter 21: The Industrial Revolution
The Nature of the Industrial Revolution
Conditions Favoring Industrial Growth
The Spread of Industrialization
The Effects of Industrialization
Industry, Trade, and Empire

 

Chapter 22: Ideological Conflict and National Unification, 1815—1871
New Ideologies in the Early Nineteenth Century
Ideological Encounters in Europe, 1815—1848
National Unification in Europe and America, 1848—1871
International Conflict and Domestic Politics, 1853—1871

 

Chapter 23: The Coming of Mass Politics: Industrialization, Emancipation,  and Instability, 1870—1914
Economic Transformation
Defining the Nation
The New Mass Politics
The Women’s Revolt

 

Chapter 24: The West and the World: Cultural Crisis and the New Imperialism, 1870—1914
Scientific Transformations
Cultural Crisis: The Fin-de-Siècle and the Birth of Modernism
The New Imperialism

 

Chapter 25: The First World War
The Origins of the First World War
The Experience of Total War
The Home Fronts
War and Revolution

 
Chapter 26: Reconstruction, Reaction, and Continuing Revolution: The 1920s and 1930s
Cultural Despair and Desire 
The Appeal of Authoritarianism and the Rise of Fascism
Nazism and the Defeat of Democracy in Germany
The Soviet Alternative and the Democracies’ Response
The  Reconstruction of Gender
The West and the World: Imperialism in the Interwar Era

 

Chapter 27: World War II
The Coming of War 
Europe at War, 1939—1941 
The World at War, 1941—1945
The Wars Within the War
The Home Front: The Other Wars

 

Chapter 28: Redefining the West After World War II
A Dubious Peace, 1945—1949
The West and the World: Decolonization and the Cold War
The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in the 1950s and 1960s
The West: Consensus, Consumption, and Culture

 

Chapter 29: The West in the Contemporary Era: New Encounters and Transformations
Economic Stagnation and Political Change: The 1970s and 1980s
Revolution in the East
In the Wake of Revolution
Rethinking the West

Glossary  
Suggestions for Further Reading  
Notes  
Photo Credits  
Index