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This title in other formats:A Short History of Western Civilization Combinedby Richard Eugene Sullivan
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:This classic, inexpensive, brief text is perfect for colleges organized on the quarter system or for professors who want to assign supplemental reading. The organization of the text was revised for greater clarity, and this edition includes a chapter on "The Collapse of Communism and New Realities." The coverage of social and cultural history has been increased without sacrificing the text's distinctive balance. The eighth edition contains a thorough map program, and a boxed feature highlighting primary sources. Synopsis:This classic, inexpensive, brief text is perfect for colleges organized on the quarter system or for professors who want to assign supplemental reading. The organization of the text was revised for greater clarity, and this edition includes a chapter on "The Collapse of Communism and New Realities." The coverage of social and cultural history has been increased without sacrificing the text's distinctive balance. The eighth edition contains a thorough map program, and a boxed feature highlighting primary sources. About the AuthorSherman received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Table of ContentsPART I: THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST, 4000-300 B.C.CHAPTER 2: The Diffusion of Near Eastern Civilization, 1750-800 B.C.PART II: GRECO-ROMAN CIVILIZATION, 1200 B.C.- A.D. 500CHAPTER 5: The Greek Golden Age, 500-336 B.C.: Life, War, and PoliticsCHAPTER 7: Greek Imperialism: The Hellenistic World, 336-31 B.C.B.CCHAPTER 10: The Roman Empire and the Pax Romana, 31 B.C.- A.D. 18CHAPTER 12: Crisis in the Roman World, A.D. 180-284: Conflict, Change, and ChristianityPART III: THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES, 500-1000: TOWARD NEW ORDERCHAPTER 15: Heirs to the Roman Empire: Latin Western EuropeCHAPTER 17: Lordship and Dependency; Feudalism and MonorialismCHAPTER 18: Economic and Social Revival, 1000-1300CHAPTER 20: The Medieval Expansion of EuropeCHAPTER 22: Intellectual and Artistic Revival, 1000-1300CHAPTER 24: Transition in Religion and Thought, 1300-1500CHAPTER 25: The Renaissance: ItalyCHAPTER 27: The Rise of National StatesCHAPTER 29: The ReformationCHAPTER 31: Society, Faith, and Culture in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth CenturiesCHAPTER 33: The Challenge to Absolutism: England and the Dutch NetherlandsCHAPTER 35: The Scientific RevolutionPART VI: REVOLUTION, INDUSTRIALIZATION, AND NATIONALISM, 1776-1914CHAPTER 38: The French Revolution, 1789-1799CHAPTER 40: The Industrial RevolutionCHAPTER 42: Conservatism, Restoration, and Reaction, 1815-1830CHAPTER 44: Nationalism and the Nation-State, 1850-1871CHAPTER 46: Science and the Challenge to ChristianityCHAPTER 48: Politics, Democracy, and Nationalism, 1871-1914CHAPTER 50: ImperialismCHAPTER 51: World War I, 1914-1918CHAPTER 53: The Rise of Fascism and AuthoritarianismCHAPTER 55: World War II, 1939-1945CHAPTER 57: Society and Culture in the Twentieth CenturyCHAPTER 59: The Collapse of Communism and New Realities | ||||||||||||
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