Western Civilization
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Western Civilization

Ideas, Politics, and Society

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About this book

WESTERN CIVILIZATION: IDEAS, POLITICS, AND SOCIETY, Eleventh Edition, offers an in-depth introduction to political, cultural, and intellectual history. You'll appreciate the book's accessible writing style as well as its brevity, clarity, and careful selection of content. Updated with more recent scholarship, the eleventh edition retains many popular features that help you absorb and understand the material, including comparative timelines, full-color art essays, and profile and primary source boxes in each chapter. New technology resources, including MindTap-featuring the interactive MindTap Reader eBook and a variety of web apps-make learning more engaging.

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Western 
Civilization
Ideas, 
Politics, 
and 
Society
Copyright 
2016 
Cengage 
Learning. 
All 
Rights 
Reserved. 
May 
not 
be 
copied, 
scanned, 
or 
duplicated, 
in 
whole 
or 
in 
part. 
Due 
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rights, 
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eChapter(s).
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does 
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materially 
affect 
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overall 
learning 
experience. 
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Part 
One
The 
Ancient 
World: 
Foundation 
of 
the 
West
to 
A.D.
500
3000 
B.C.
2000 
B.C
.
1000 
B.C.
500 
B.C.
100 
B.C.
A.D.
200
Copyright 
2016 
Cengage 
Learning. 
All 
Rights 
Reserved. 
May 
not 
be 
copied, 
scanned, 
or 
duplicated, 
in 
whole 
or 
in 
part. 
Due 
to 
electronic 
rights, 
some 
third 
party 
content 
may 
be 
suppressed 
from 
the 
eBook 
and/or 
eChapter(s).
Editorial 
review 
has 
deemed 
that 
any 
suppressed 
content 
does 
not 
materially 
affect 
the 
overall 
learning 
experience. 
Cengage 
Learning 
reserves 
the 
right 
to 
remove 
additional 
content 
at 
any 
time 
if 
subsequent 
rights 
restrictions 
require 
it.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Brief Contents
  3. Contents
  4. Maps
  5. Chronologies
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Geography of Europe
  9. Map Essay before Part One
  10. Part One: The Ancient World: Foundation of the West to A.D. 500
  11. Part Two: The Middle Ages: The Christian Centuries, 500 to 1400
  12. Part Three: Early Modern Europe: From Renaissance to Enlightenment 1350-1789
  13. Part Four: An Age of Revolution: Liberal, National, Industrial 1789-1848
  14. Part Five: An Age of Contradiction: Progress and Breakdown 1848-1914
  15. Part Six: World Wars and Totalitarianism: The West in Crisis 1914-1945
  16. Part Seven: The Contemporary World
  17. Index