Western Society: A Brief History, Complete Edition

by McKay, John P.; Hill, Bennett D.; Buckler, John; Crowston, Clare Haru; Wiesner-Hanks, Merry E.

• ISBN13: 9780312682996
• ISBN10: 0312682999
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-06
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's

Summary

This brief edition offers the unsurpassed social history ofA History of Western Societyin an accessible, lively format. Short enough to use with supplements and more affordable than its parent text,A Brief Historyretains the sustained attention to daily life, the rich art and map program, and all of the special features of the full-length edition. Extensive study aids help students comprehend the material and prepare for exams. Now you can have it all in a briefer book.

Author Biography

John P. McKay, Professor of History at the University of Illinois, received his Ph.D. from the University of Columbia, Berkeley in 1968. Author of three books, he won the Herbert Baxter Adams Award from the American Historical Association with his Pioneers for Profit. He is a Senior Fulbright Fellow and recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship.
 
Bennett D. Hill (deceased), a former Chairman and Professor of History at the University of Illinois, received his Ph.D. from Princeton in 1963. He taught at the University of Maryland and was most recently a visiting professor at Georgetown University. He published two books and many journal articles.
 
John Buckler, a Professor of History at the University of Illinois, earned his doctorate at Harvard University in 1973. He has published numerous journal articles and written a monograph, The Theban Hegemony, published by Harvard University Press.
 
Clare H. Crowston, Associate Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, earned her B.A. in 1985 from McGill University and her Ph.D. in 1996 from Cornell University. The author of many articles, she has also written Fabricating Women: The Seamstresses of Old Regime France, 1675-1791 (Duke University Press, 2001), which won two awards, the Berkshire Prize and the Hagley Prize. She is a past-President of the Society for French Historical Studies and a former chair of the Pinkney Prize Committee. Merry Wiesner-Hanks, UWM Distinguished Professor at University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, earned her B.A. from Grinnell College in 1973 and her Ph.D. in 1979 at University of Wisconsin – Madison. She is the co-editor of the Sixteenth Century Journal and the author or editor of nineteen books and many articles that have appeared in many languages. She is currently the Chief Reader for Advanced Placement World History.
 

Table of Contents

Maps

Images in Society

Individuals in Society

Listening to the Past

Preface

Origins, ca. 400,000–1100 b.c.e.From Caves to TownsImages in Society

The IcemanMesopotamian Civilization

Mapping the Past

Map

Spread of Cultures in the Ancient Near East

The Invention of Writing and the First Schools

Mesopotamian Thought and Religion

Sumerian Social and Gender Divisions

The Spread of Mesopotamian Culture

The Triumph of Babylon

Life Under HammurabiEgypt, the Land of the Pharaohs (3100–1200 b.c.e.)

The God-King of Egypt

The Pharaoh’s People

The Hyksos in Egypt (1640–1570 b.c.e.)

The New Kingdom: Revival and Empire (1500–1075 b.c.e.)

Individuals in SocietyNefertiti, the "Perfect Woman"The Hittites and the End of an Era (ca. 1640–1100 b.c.e.)

The Coming of the Hittites (ca. 1640–1200 b.c.e.)

The Fall of Empires and the Survival of Cultures (ca. 1200 b.c.e.)

Chapter Review

Key Terms

Notes

Listening to the Past

A Quest for Immortality

Small Kingdoms and Mighty Empires in the Near East, ca. 1100–513 b.c.e.Disruption and Diffusion

The End of Egyptian Power

The Rise of Phoenicia

Individuals in SocietyWen-Amon

The Children of Israel

The Evolution of the Jewish State

Elements of Jewish ReligionAssyria, the Military Monarchy

The Power of Assyria

Mapping the Past

Map

The Assyrian and Persian Empires

Assyrian Culture

The Empire of the Persian Kings

The Land of the Medes and Persians

The Rise of the Persian Empire (550–540 b.c.e.)

Thus Spake Zarathustra

Chapter Review

Key Terms

Notes

Listening to the Past

The Covenant Between Yahweh and the Hebrew

Classical Greece, ca. 1650–338 b.c.e.Hellas

The Land

The Minoans and Mycenaeans (ca. 2000–ca. 1100 b.c.e.)

Homer, Hesiod, Gods, and Heroes (1100–800 b.c.e.)

The Polis

Origins of the Polis

Governing Structures

The Archaic Age (800–500 b.c.e.)

Overseas Expansion

The Growth of Sparta

The Evolution of Athens

The Classical Period (500–338 b.c.e.)

The Persian Wars (499&a

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