Western Heritage, Volume II, The: Since 1648, Brief Edition

by Kagan, Donald M.; Ozment, Steven; Turner, Frank M.; Frankforter, A. Daniel

• ISBN13: 9780130415776
• ISBN10: 0130415774
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

For one-quarter/semester introductory-level survey courses in Western Civilization and European History and Civilization; or a supplemental text in Art History or other basic cultural history surveys. This concise survey of Western civilization (based on the best-selling The Western Heritage, Seventh Edition), provides an exceptionally balanced survey of the political, social, and cultural development of Western civilizationits strengths and weaknesses, and the controversies surrounding it. This brief edition condenses the central narrativewithout compromising on vocabulary or conceptual levelto make it more fully accessible to today's students, and to allow instructors greater opportunity to supplement the course with extensive outside readings, if desired.

Table of Contents

Part 1 The Foundations of Western Civilization in the Ancient World
The Birth of Civilization	1	(20)
The Rise of Greek Civilization	21	(18)
Classical and Hellenistic Greece	39	(21)
Rome: From Republic to Empire	60	(20)
The Roman Empire	80	(26)
Part 2 The Middle Ages, 476--1300
The Early Middle Ages (476--1000): The Birth of Europe	106	(21)
The High Middle Ages: The Rise of European Empires and States (1000--1300)	127	(18)
Medieval Society: Hierachies, Towns, Universities, and Families (1000--1300)	145	(20)
Part 3 Europe in Transition, 1300--1750
The Late Middle Ages: Social and Political Breakdown (1300--1527)	165	(16)
Renaissance and Discovery	181	(20)
The Age of Reformation	201	(23)
The Age of Religious Wars	224	(17)
Paths to Constitutionalism and Absolutism: England and France in the Seventeenth Century	241	(19)
New Directions in Thought and Culture in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries	260	(14)
Successful and Unsuccessful Paths to Power (1686--1740)	274	(15)
Society and Economy Under the Old Regime in the Eighteenth Century	289	(21)
The Transatlantic Economy, Trade Wars, and Colonial Rebellion	310	(21)
Part 4 Enlightenment and Revolution
The Age of Enlightenment: Eighteenth-Century Thought	331	(19)
The French Revolution	350	(20)
The Age of Napoleon and the Triumph of Romanticism	370	(20)
The Conservative Order and the Challenges of Reform (1815--1832)	390	(22)
Economic Advance and Social Unrest (1830--1850)	412	(19)
Part 5 Toward the Modern World
The Age of Nation-States	431	(19)
The Building of European Supremacy: Society and Politics to World War I	450	(21)
The Birth of Modern European Thought	471	(17)
Imperialism, Alliances, and War	488	(29)
Political Experiments of the 1920s	517	(18)
Europe and the Great Depression of the 1930s	535	(15)
Part 6 Global Conflict, Cold War, and New Directions
World War II	550	(22)
Faces of the Twentieth Century: European Social Experiences	572	(21)
The Cold War Era and the Emergence of the New Europe	593