West in the World Renaissance to Present

Name: West in the World Renaissance to Present
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ISBN: 9780073316710

ISBN-10: 0073316717

ISBN-13: 9780073316710

Edition: 3rd 2008

Authors: Dennis Sherman, Joyce Salisbury, Spss Inc.

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"The West in the World" relates the story of how the west has transformed - and been transformed by - the rest of the world. The authors examine the West's contributions to the world and how the west has changed and embraced new ideas through contact with the people outside its center. Using a political / cultural framework the text weaves a strong thread of social history into the narrative by showing how civilizations grow and are shaped through the decisions and actions of real people. The authors bring history to life by using art and maps as a central feature of learning. They build discussions of art into the narrative to help students interpret artwork, and provide analytical map…

Book details

List price: $110.94
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publication date: 12/10/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 576
Size: 8.75" wide x 10.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.640
Language: English

Joyce E. Salisbury is the Frankenthal Professor of History Emerita at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, USA. She has published widely, and is the author of The Blood of Martyrs (2004), and Church Fathers, Independent Virgins (1992), and the editor of Sex in the Middle Ages (1991) and Medieval World of Nature (1993).

Preface
A New Spirit in the West: The Renaissance,ca. 1300-1640
A New Spirit Emerges: Individualism, Realism, and Activism
The Politics of Individual Effort Individualism as Self-Interest: Life During the Renaissance
An Age of Talent and Beauty: Renaissance Culture and Science Renaissance of the ""New Monarchies"" of the North: 1453-1640
""Alone Before God"": Religious Reform and Warfare 1500-1648
The Clash of Dynasties, 1515-1555
A Tide of Religious Reform The Catholic Reformation Euro
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