Brief History of Western Civilization, A: The Unfinished Legacy, Volume 2 (since 1555)
by Kishlansky, Mark; Geary, Patrick; O'Brien, PatriciaEdition: 5th
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Pub. Date: 2007-01-01
Publisher(s): Longman
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Summary
Concise and engaging, A Brief History of Western Civilization, Fourth Edition, brings the study of Western Civilization alive with balanced coverage of a wide array of historical figures and events. Fully integrated coverage of social as well as economic, religious, and cultural history within a traditional, political framework makes this text stand apart from others in the field. Accessible and well written, this balanced text explores everyday events and ordinary people as well as momentous affairs and powerful elites.
Table of Contents
| Each Chapter concludes with "Questions for Review," "Discovering Western Civilization Online," and "Suggestions for Further Reading." | |
| Europe at War, 1555-1648 | |
| The Visual Record: The Massacre of the Innocents | |
| The Crises of the Western States | |
| The Struggles in Eastern Europe | |
| The Thirty Years War, 1618-1648: War Is Hell | |
| The Experiences of Life in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1650 | |
| Visual Record: Haymaking | |
| Economic Life | |
| Social Life | |
| Private and Community Life | |
| Document: The Devil's Due | |
| The Royal State in the Seventeenth Century | |
| The Visual Record: Fit for a King | |
| The Rise of the Royal State | |
| The Crises of the Royal State | |
| The Zenith of the Royal State | |
| Document: A Glimpse of a King | |
| Science and Commerce in Early Modern Europe | |
| The Visual Record: Rembrandt's Lessons | |
| The New Science | |
| Empires of Goods | |
| The Wars of Commerce | |
| Document: Encountering Pirates | |
| The West and the Wider World: The Nutmeg Wars | |
| The Balance of Power in Eighteenth-Century Europe | |
| The Visual Record: A Dashing Officer | |
| Geographical Tour: A Grand Tour of Europe in 1714 | |
| Rise of Russia | |
| The Two Germanies | |
| The Greatness of Great Britain | |
| Document: Childhood Traumas | |
| The West and the Wider World: The British Raj in India | |
| Culture and Society in Eighteenth-Century Europe | |
| The Visual Record: Happy Families | |
| Eighteenth-Century Culture | |
| Eighteenth-Century Society | |
| Document: Love and Marriage | |
| The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Era, 1789-1815 | |
| Visual Record: Eighteenth-Century Revolution | |
| The French Revolution and the Fall of the Monarchy | |
| Experimenting with Democracy, 1792-1799 | |
| Reign of Napoleon, 1799-1815: The Civil Code of the Code Napoleon (1804) | |
| Industrial Europe | |
| The Visual Record: An Iron Forge | |
| The Traditional Economy | |
| The Industrial Revolution in Britain | |
| The Industrialization of the Continent | |
| Document: Exploiting the Young | |
| Political Upheavals and Social Transformations, 1815-1850 | |
| Visual Record: Potato Politics | |
| Geographical Tour: Europe in 1815 | |
| New Ideologies | |
| Protest and Revolution | |
| Document: Flora Tristan and the Rights of Working Women | |
| Statebuilding and Social Change In Europe, 1850-1871 | |
| The Visual Record: The Birth of the German Empire | |
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