Western Civilization Complete

Name: Western Civilization Complete
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ISBN: 9780618102082

ISBN-10: 0618102086

ISBN-13: 9780618102082

Edition: 3rd 2002

Authors: Thomas F. X. Noble, William Cohen, Kristen B. Neuschel, David D. Roberts, Barry S. Strauss

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This incisive account of the forces that have shaped the western past focuses on two main themes - power in all its senses and the role of frontier and non-European regions in the historical development of the West.

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List price: $107.16
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: CENGAGE Learning
Publication date: 7/24/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 1063
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.00" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 5.280
Language: English

Thomas F. X. Noble is Professor and Chair of History at the University of Notre Dame. He is author of several books, including The Republic of St. Peter: The Birth of the Papal State, 680-825, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Preface	p. xxiii
About the Authors	p. xxxi
The Ancestors of the West	p. 3
Origins, to Ca. 3000 B.C.	p. 4
Mesopotamia, to Ca. 1600 B.C.	p. 13
Egypt, to Ca. 1100 B.C.	p. 21
Widening Horizons: The Levant and Anatolia, 2500-1150 B.C.	p. 30
Summary	p. 35
Suggested Reading	p. 35
Information Technology: Papyrus	p. 14
Weighing the Evidence: The Iceman and His World	p. 36
The Sword, the Book, and the Myths: Western Asia and Early Greece	p. 39
Assyrians, Neo-Babylonians, and Persians, Ca. 1200-330 B.C.	p. 40
Israel, Ca. 1500-400 B.C.	p. 50
Early Greece, to Ca. 725 B.C.	p. 57
Summary	p. 65
Suggested Reading	p. 65
Weighing the Evidence: The Siege of Lachish	p. 66
The Age of the Polis: Greece, ca. 750-350 B.C.	p. 69
Society and Politics in Archaic Greece, Ca. 750-500 B.C.	p. 70
The Culture of Archaic Greece	p. 81
Classical Greece	p. 85
The Public Culture of Classical Greece	p. 93
Summary	p. 101
Suggested Reading	p. 101
Weighing the Evidence: The Parthenon	p. 102
Alexander the Great and the Spread of Greek Civilization, ca. 350-30 B.C.	p. 105
Philip and Alexander	p. 107
The Hellenistic Kingdoms, 323-30 B.C.	p. 112
The Alexandrian Moment	p. 121
The Turn Inward: New Philosophies, New Faiths	p. 127
Summary	p. 132
Suggested Reading	p. 133
Weighing the Evidence: Images of Cleopatra	p. 134
Rome: From Republic to Empire, ca. 509-31 B.C.	p. 137
Before the Republic, 753-509 B.C.	p. 139
Government and Society in the Early and Middle Republics, Ca. 509-133 B.C.	p. 142
From Italian City-State to World Empire, Ca. 509-133 B.C.	p. 149
The Revolution from the Gracchi to the Caesars, 133-31 B.C.	p. 160
Summary	p. 168
Suggested Reading	p. 169
Weighing the Evidence: Luxury Goods and Gender Wars in Rome	p. 170
Imperial Rome, 31 B.C.--A.D. 284	p. 173
Augustus and the Principate, 31 B.C.--A.D. 68	p. 174
The Roman Peace and Its Collapse, A.D. 69-284	p. 182
Early Christianity	p. 191
Summary	p. 199
Suggested Reading	p. 199
Weighing the Evidence: Gladiators	p. 200
The World of Late Antiquity, 284--ca. 600	p. 203
Rebuilding the Roman Empire, 284-395	p. 204
The Catholic Church and the Roman Empire, 313-604	p. 212
The Rise of Germanic Kingdoms in the West, Ca. 370-530	p. 219
The Roman Empire in the East, 395-565	p. 225
Society and Culture in Late Antiquity	p. 229
Summary	p. 235
Suggested Reading	p. 235
Weighing the Evidence: The Ravenna Mosaics	p. 236
Early Medieval Civilizations, 600-900	p. 239
The Islamic East	p. 240
The Byzantine Empire	p. 247
Catholic Kingdoms in the West	p. 252
The Carolingian Empire	p. 257
Early Medieval Economies and Societies	p. 266
Summary	p. 271
Suggested Reading	p. 271
Weighing the Evidence: The Manuscript Book	p. 272
The Expansion of Europe in the High Middle Ages, 900-1300	p. 275
Economic Expansion	p. 276
The Heirs of the Carolingian Empire: Germany, Italy, and France	p. 284
The British Isles	p. 295
The Growth of New States	p. 301
The Crusades, 1095-1291	p. 308
Summary	p. 312
Suggested Reading	p. 313
Weighing the Evidence: The Medieval Castle	p. 314
Medieval Civilization at Its Height, 900-1300	p. 317
The Traditional Orders of Society	p. 318
Social and Religious Movements, Ca. 1100-1300	p. 328
Latin Culture: From Schools to Universities	p. 334
The Vernacular Achievement	p. 342
Summary	p. 352
Suggested Reading	p. 352
Information Technology: Paper	p. 344
Weighing the Evidence: Stained Glass	p. 350
Crisis and Recovery in Late Medieval Europe, 1300-1500	p. 355
The Crisis of the Western Christian Church	p. 356
War, Disorder, and Revolts in Western Europe, 1300-1450	p. 362
Economy and Society	p. 371
The Consolidation of the Late Medieval Governments, 1450-1500	p. 378
Summary	p. 388
Suggested Reading	p. 389
Weighing the Evidence: A Painting of the Plague	p. 390
The Renaissance	p. 393
Humanism and Culture in Italy, 1300-1500	p. 394
The Arts in Italy, 1250-1550	p. 403
The Spread of the Renaissance, 1350-1536	p. 410
The Renaissance and Court Society	p. 418
Summary	p. 424
Suggested Reading	p. 425
Information Technology: The Print Revolution	p. 414
Weighing the Evidence: The Art of Renaissance Florence	p. 426
European Overseas Expansion to 1600	p. 429
The European Background, 1250-1492	p. 430
Portuguese Voyages of Exploration, 1350-1515	p. 435
Spanish Voyages of Exploration, 1492-1522	p. 440
Spain's Colonial Empire, 1492-1600	p. 444
The Columbian Exchange	p. 453
Summary	p. 456
Suggested Reading	p. 457
Weighing the Evidence: The Ships of Exploration	p. 458
The Age of the Reformation	p. 461
The Reformation Movements, Ca. 1517-1545	p. 462
The Empire of Charles V (R. 1519-1556)	p. 472
The English Reformation, 1520-1603	p. 478
France, Scandinavia, and Eastern Europe, 1523-1560	p. 483
The Late Reformation, Ca. 1545-1600	p. 486
Summary	p. 493
Suggested Reading	p. 496
Weighing the Evidence: A Reformation Woodcut	p. 494
Europe in the Age of Religious Wars, 1560-1648	p. 499
Economic Change and Social Tensions	p. 500
Imperial Spain and the Limits of Royal Power	p. 505
Religious and Political Conflict in France and England	p. 514
The Holy Roman Empire and the Thirty Years' War, 1555-1648	p. 523
Writing, Drama, and Art in an Age of Upheaval	p. 529
Summary	p. 534
Suggested Reading	p. 535
Weighing the Evidence: Art at Court	p. 536
Europe in the Age of Louis XIV, ca. 1640-1715	p. 539
France in the Age of Absolutism	p. 540
English Civil War and Its Aftermath	p. 548
New Powers in Central and Eastern Europe	p. 553
The Expansion of Overseas Trade and Settlement	p. 560
Summary	p. 569
Suggested Reading	p. 569
Weighing the Evidence: Table Manners	p. 570
A Revolution in World-View	p. 573
The Revolution in Astronomy, 1543-1632	p. 574
The Scientific Revolution Generalized, Ca. 1600-1700	p. 582
The New Science: Society, Politics, and Religion	p. 590
Summary	p. 598
Suggested Reading	p. 599
Weighing the Evidence: Modern Maps	p. 600
Europe on the Threshold of Modernity, ca. 1715-1789	p. 603
The Enlightenment	p. 604
European States in the Age of Enlightenment	p. 617
The Widening Scope of Warfare	p. 624
Economic Expansion and Social Change	p. 631
Summary	p. 637
Suggested Reading	p. 640
Information Technology: Newspapers	p. 614
Weighing the Evidence: Gardens	p. 638
An Age of Revolution, 1789-1815	p. 643
The Beginnings of Revolution, 1775-1789	p. 644
The Phases of the Revolution, 1789-1799	p. 653
The Napoleonic Era and the Legacy of Revolution, 1799-1815	p. 661
Summary	p. 673
Suggested Reading	p. 673
Weighing the Evidence: Political Symbols	p. 674
The Industrial Transformation of Europe, 1750-1850	p. 677
Setting the Stage for Industrialization	p. 678
Industrialization and European Production	p. 681
The Transformation of Europe and Its Environment	p. 690
Responses to Industrialization	p. 699
Summary	p. 703
Suggested Reading	p. 703
Weighing the Evidence: Workers' Wages	p. 704
Restoration, Reform, and Revolution, 1814-1848	p. 707
The Search for Stability: The Congress of Vienna, 1814-1815	p. 708
Ideological Confrontations	p. 711
Restoration, Reform, and Reaction	p. 723
The Revolutions of 1848	p. 732
Summary	p. 737
Suggested Reading	p. 737
Weighing the Evidence: Raft of the "Medusa"	p. 738
Nationalism and Political Reform, 1850-1880	p. 741
The Changing Nature of International Relations	p. 742
Italian Unification, 1859-1870	p. 745
German Unification, 1850-1871	p. 750
Precarious Empires	p. 755
The Emergence of New Political Forms in the United States and Canada, 1840-1880	p. 761
The Development of Western Democracies	p. 765
Summary	p. 770
Suggested Reading	p. 771
Weighing the Evidence: An Engraving of the British Royal Family	p. 772
The Age of Optimism, 1850-1880	p. 775
Industrial Growth and Acceleration	p. 777
Changing Conditions Among Social Groups	p. 782
Urban Problems and Solutions	p. 790
Social and Political Initiatives	p. 793
Culture in an Age of Optimism	p. 795
Summary	p. 804
Suggested Reading	p. 805
Information Technology: The Telegraph	p. 780
Weighing the Evidence: The Modern City and Photography	p. 806
Escalating Tensions, 1880-1914	p. 809
The New Imperialism and the Spread of Europe's Population	p. 810
From Optimism to Anxiety: Politics and Culture	p. 821
Vulnerable Democracies	p. 826
Autocracies in Crisis	p. 831
The Coming War	p. 836
Summary	p. 839
Suggested Reading	p. 839
Weighing the Evidence: The Layout of the British Museum	p. 840
War and Revolution, 1914-1919	p. 843
The Unforeseen Stalemate, 1914-1917	p. 844
The Experiences of Total War	p. 853
Two Revolutions in Russia: March and November 1917	p. 857
The New War and the Allied Victory, 1917-1918	p. 862
The Outcome and the Impact	p. 866
Summary	p. 874
Suggested Reading	p. 875
Weighing the Evidence: The Poetry of World War I	p. 876
The Illusion of Stability, 1919-1930	p. 879
The West and the World After the Great War	p. 880
Communism, Fascism, and the New Political Spectrum	p. 884
Toward Mass Society	p. 895
Weimar Germany and the Trials of the New Democracies	p. 900
The Search for Meaning in a Disordered World	p. 904
Summary	p. 909
Suggested Reading	p. 909
Weighing the Evidence: Advertising	p. 910
The Tortured Decade, 1930-1939	p. 913
The Great Depression	p. 914
The Stalinist Revolution in the Soviet Union	p. 920
Hitler and Nazism in Germany	p. 924
Fascist Challenge and Antifascist Response, 1934-1939	p. 931
The Coming of World War II, 1935-1939	p. 937
Summary	p. 934
Suggested Reading	p. 934
Weighing the Evidence: Film as Propaganda	p. 944
The Era of the Second World War, 1939-1949	p. 947
The Victory of Nazi Germany, 1939-1941	p. 949
The Assault on the Soviet Union and the Nazi New Order	p. 953
A Global War, 1941-1944	p. 962
The Shape of the Allied Victory, 1944-1945	p. 967
Into the Postwar World	p. 974
Summary	p. 981
Suggested Reading	p. 981
Weighing the Evidence: Holocaust Testimony	p. 982
An Anxious Stability: The Age of the Cold War, 1949-1989	p. 985
The Search for Cultural Bearings	p. 986
Prosperity and Democracy in Western Europe	p. 990
The Communist Bloc: From Consolidation to Stagnation	p. 999
Europe, the West, and the World	p. 1004
The Collapse of the Soviet System, 1975-1991	p. 1011
Summary	p. 1018
Suggested Reading	p. 1019
Weighing the Evidence: Pop Art	p. 1020
The West and the World Since 1989	p. 1023
The Search for a New International Order	p. 1024
Economy and the Political Order in the Mature Democracies	p. 1033
The Postcommunist Experiment	p. 1041
Lifestyles and Identities in the West	p. 1045
The West in a Global Age	p. 1053
Conclusion: Learning from Western Civilization in a Postmodern World	p. 1058
Suggested Reading	p. 1061
Information Technology: The Internet	p. 1036
Weighing the Evidence: The Euro	p. 1062
Glossary	p. 1
Credits	p. 17
Index	p. 21
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