A History of Civilization
Prehistory to the Present (Combined)
9th Edition
Published on 9. October 1996
Book
Hardback
768 pages
978-0-13-228339-7 (ISBN)
Description
For freshman/junior-level, quarter/semester/ full-year courses in History of Western Civilization and European Civilizations.
Extensively illustrated and exceptionally appealing in its narrative style, this best-selling, classic survey of the history of Western civilization - with emphasis on Western European societies - offers a short, crisp, and balanced presentation of traditional and "new" subjects, approaches, and controversies, and shows throughout how the historian goes about the craft of research, interpretation, and writing.
The text is available in a variety of volume splits to accommodate different course lengths.
Extensively illustrated and exceptionally appealing in its narrative style, this best-selling, classic survey of the history of Western civilization - with emphasis on Western European societies - offers a short, crisp, and balanced presentation of traditional and "new" subjects, approaches, and controversies, and shows throughout how the historian goes about the craft of research, interpretation, and writing.
The text is available in a variety of volume splits to accommodate different course lengths.
More details
Edition
9th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 283 mm
Width: 224 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
1889 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-228339-7 (9780132283397)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
12/1991
8th Edition
Longman Higher Education
€96.67
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Content
The Value of History.
1. The First Civilization.
2. The Greeks.
3. The Romans.
4. Judaism and Christianity.
5. The Early Middle Ages in Western Europe.
6. Byzantium and Islam.
7. Church and Society in the Medieval West.
8. The Beginnings of the Secular State.
9. The Late Middle Ages in Eastern Europe.
10. The Rise of the Nation.
11. The Renaissance.
12. The Protestant Reformation.
13. The Great Powers in Conflict.
14. Exploration and Expansion.
15. The Problem of Divine-Right Monarchy.
16. The Old Regimes.
17. The Enlightenment.
18. The French Revolution and Napoleon.
19. Romanticism, Reaction, and Revolution.
20. The Industrial Society.
21. The Modernization of Nations.
22. Modern Empires and Imperialism.
23. Great War, Great Revolution.
24. Between the Wars: A Twenty-Year Crisis.
25. The Democracies and the Non-Western World.
26. The Second World War and Its Aftermath.
27. Twentieth-Century Thought and Letters.
28. Our Times: Arriving at the Present.
Suggested Readings.
Index.
1. The First Civilization.
2. The Greeks.
3. The Romans.
4. Judaism and Christianity.
5. The Early Middle Ages in Western Europe.
6. Byzantium and Islam.
7. Church and Society in the Medieval West.
8. The Beginnings of the Secular State.
9. The Late Middle Ages in Eastern Europe.
10. The Rise of the Nation.
11. The Renaissance.
12. The Protestant Reformation.
13. The Great Powers in Conflict.
14. Exploration and Expansion.
15. The Problem of Divine-Right Monarchy.
16. The Old Regimes.
17. The Enlightenment.
18. The French Revolution and Napoleon.
19. Romanticism, Reaction, and Revolution.
20. The Industrial Society.
21. The Modernization of Nations.
22. Modern Empires and Imperialism.
23. Great War, Great Revolution.
24. Between the Wars: A Twenty-Year Crisis.
25. The Democracies and the Non-Western World.
26. The Second World War and Its Aftermath.
27. Twentieth-Century Thought and Letters.
28. Our Times: Arriving at the Present.
Suggested Readings.
Index.