ISBN:
9781138068568
,
9781138068544
Language:
English
Pages:
xviii, 291 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
23 cm
Edition:
Second edition
DDC:
306.094
Keywords:
Social change History
;
Social change History
;
Civilization, Modern
;
Civilization, Western
;
Social change History
;
Europe
;
Social change Western countries
;
Civilization, Modern
;
Europe Social conditions
;
Europe History
;
Western countries Social conditions
;
Western countries History
;
Europe Social conditions
;
Western countries Social conditions
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Westliche Welt
;
Gesellschaftsordnung
;
Sozialer Wandel
;
Sozialgeschichte
Abstract:
"Presents an overview of the history of Western civilization from ancient history to the current era of globalization"--
Abstract:
The modernization of the Western world / John McGrath and Jay P. Corrin -- Modernization and social change / Kathleen Callanan Martin -- The ancient and classical inheritance / John McGrath -- Europe in the Medieval era / John McGrath -- The late Middle Ages and the transformation of Medieval society / John McGrath -- The Italian Renaissance / John McGrath and Kathleen Callanan Martin -- The Reformation / Susan Hagood Lee -- Commerce, cities, and capitalism / John McGrath -- The centralization and rationalization of the political state / John McGrath -- The Enlightenment / John McGrath -- The French Revolution / John McGrath -- The Industrial Revolution / John W. Mackey -- Classical liberalism and the bourgeois state / Kathleen Callanan Martin -- Karl Marx and the socialist response to capitalism / Kathleen Callanan Martin -- Nationalism and nations / John W. Mackey -- The age of empire / John W. Mackey -- The Great War / Benjamin E. Varat -- Europe between wars / Jay P. Corrin -- The rise of fascism / Jay P. Corrin -- Total war: World War II / Michael G. Kort -- The cold war / Benjamin E. Varat -- Globalization and social change / John McGrath -- Terror and terrorism / John McGrath
Note:
Previous edition: Armonk: M. E. Sharpe, 2013
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