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The West: Encounters & Transformations: Since 1550

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ISBN-10: 0205948588

ISBN-13: 9780205948581

Edition: 4th 2013

Authors: Brian Levack, Edward Muir, Meredith Veldman, Michael Maas

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Explore the changing nature of the West Rather than looking at Western civilization only as the history of Europe from ancient times to the present, this groundbreaking book examines the changing nature of the West–how the definition of the West has evolved and has been transformed throughout history. It explores the ways Western civilization has changed as a result of cultural encounters with different beliefs, ideas, technologies, and peoples, both outside the West and within it. Presenting a balanced treatment of political, social, religious, and cultural history, this text emphasizes the ever-shifting boundaries of the geographic and cultural realm of the West. MyHistoryLab is an…    
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Book details

List price: $92.00
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Pearson College Div
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 592
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.442
Language: English

In this Section:
Brief Table of Contents
Full Table of Contents
Brief Table of Contents
The Age of Confessional Division
Absolutism and State Building in Europe, 1618-1715
The Scientific Revolution
The West and the World: Empire, Trade, and War, 1650-1815
Eighteenth-Century Society and Culture
The Age of the French Revolution, 1789-1815
The Industrial Revolution
Ideological Conflict and National Unification, 1815-1871
The Coming of Mass Politics: Industrialization, Emancipation, and Instability, 1870-1914
The West and the World: Cultural Crisis and the New Imperialism, 1870-1914
The First World War
Reconstruction, Reaction, and Continuing Revolution: The 1920s and 1930s
World War II
Redefining the West After World War II
The West in the Contemporary Era: New Encounters and Transformations
Full Table of Contents
The Age of Confessional Division
The Peoples of Early Modern Europe
Disciplining the People
Hunting Witches
The Confessional States
States and Confessions in Eastern Europe
Absolutism and State Building in Europe, 1618-1715
The Nature of Absolutism
The Absolutist State in France and Spain
Absolutism and State Building in Central and Eastern Europe
Resistance to Absolutism in England and the Dutch Republic
The Scientific Revolution
The Discoveries and Achievements of the Scientific Revolution
The Search for Scientific Knowledge
The Causes of the Scientific Revolution
The Intellectual Consequences of the Scientific Revolution
Humans and the Natural World
The West and the World: Empire, Trade, and War, 1650-1815
European Empires in the Americas and Asia
Warfare in Europe, North America, and Asia
The Atlantic World
Encounters Between Europeans and Asians
The Crisis of Empire and the Atlantic Revolutions
Eighteenth-Century Society and Culture
The Aristocracy
Challenges to Aristocratic Dominance
The Enlightenment
The Impact of the Enlightenment
The Age of the French Revolution, 1789-1815
The First French Revolution, 1789-1791
The French Republic, 1792-1799
Cultural Change in France during the Revolution
The Napoleonic Era, 1799-1815
The Legacy of the French Revolution
The Industrial Revolution
The Nature of the Industrial Revolution
Conditions Favoring Industrial Growth
The Spread of Industrialization
The Effects of Industrialization
Industry, Trade, and Empire
Ideological Conflict and National Unification, 1815-1871
New Ideologies in the Early Nineteenth Century
Ideological Encounters in Europe, 1815-1848
National Unification in Europe and America, 1848-1871
International Conflict and Domestic Politics, 1853-1871
The Coming of Mass Politics: Industrialization, Emancipation, and Instability, 1870-1914
Economic Transformation
Defining the Nation
The New Mass Politics
The Women's Revolt
The West and the World: Cultural Crisis and the New Imperialism, 1870-1914
Scientific Transformations
Cultural Crisis: The Fin-de-Si�cle and the Birth of Modernism
The New Imperialism
The First World War
The Origins of the First World War
The Experience of Total War
The Home Fronts
War and Revolution
Reconstruction, Reaction, and Continuing Revolution: The 1920s and 1930s
Cultural Despair and Desire
The Appeal of Authoritarianism and the Rise of Fascism
Nazism and the Defeat of Democracy in Germany
The Soviet Alternative and the Democracies' Response
The Reconstruction of Gender
The West and the World: Imperialism in the Interwar Era
World War II
The Coming of War
Europe at War, 1939-1941
The World at War, 1941-1945
The Wars Within the War
The Home Front: The Other Wars
Redefining the West After World War II
A Dubious Peace, 1945-1949
The West and the World: Decolonization and the Cold War
The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in the 1950s and 1960s
The West: Consensus, Consumption, and Culture
The West in the Contemporary Era: New Encounters and Transformations
Economic Stagnation and Political Change: The 1970s and 1980s
Revolution in the East
In the Wake of Revolution
Rethinking the West
Glossary
Suggestions for Further Reading
Notes
Photo Credits
Index