The Essential Guide to Western Civilization
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The Essential Guide to Western Civilization

  1. 412 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Available until 7 Feb |Learn more

The Essential Guide to Western Civilization

About this book

The Essential Guide to Western Civilization offers a concise overview of European history developed to suit the undergraduate Western Civilization curriculum. Author Nicholas L. Waddy provides an accessible account of major developments in European history in a flexible format. The book will serve as a core text for instructors wishing to build a syllabus including primary sources, articles, and visual materials of their own choosing. Discussion questions and a list of key terms at the end of each chapter will help to guide conversation and assist students in navigating the Western Civilization survey.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781138710306
eBook ISBN
9781351689595
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
World History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Prologue: The Value of European History
  7. 1 Early Humans and the Dawn of Civilization
  8. 2 Ancient Greece: Politics and War
  9. 3 Ancient Greece: Society, Culture, and Daily Life
  10. 4 Ancient Rome: Politics and War
  11. 5 Ancient Rome: Society, Culture, and Daily Life
  12. 6 The Middle Ages: Politics and War, 500–1300
  13. 7 The Middle Ages: Society, Culture, and Daily Life
  14. 8 The Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance
  15. 9 The Age of Discovery, the Protestant Reformation, and the Wars of Religion, 1492–1648
  16. 10 Politics, Colonialism, and War, 1648–1789
  17. 11 European Society During the Scientific, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolutions, 1600–1800
  18. 12 The Enlightenment, the French Revolution, and the Age of Napoleon, 1700–1815
  19. 13 Challenging the Conservative Order: Liberalism, Nationalism, and Socioeconomic Change, 1815–50
  20. 14 Middle-Class Europe: The Triumph of Liberalism and Nationalism and the Rise of Socialism, 1850–1914
  21. 15 Industrialization, Imperialism, and Intellectual and Social Change, 1850–1914
  22. 16 World War I, 1914–18
  23. 17 Interwar Europe, 1919–39
  24. 18 World War II, 1939–45
  25. 19 The Cold War and the End of European Dominance, 1945–present
  26. Epilogue: Europe, the United States, and the World in the Twenty-First Century
  27. Index