Rise of Western Power

A Comparative History of Western Civilization

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

AvJonathan Daly

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In this second edition of The Rise of Western Power, Jonathan Daly retains the broad sweep of his introduction to the history of Western civilization as well as introducing new material into every chapter, enhancing the book’s global coverage and engaging with the latest historical debates. The West's history is one of extraordinary success: no other region, empire, culture, or civilization has left so powerful a mark upon the world. Daly charts the West’s achievements—representative government, the free enterprise system, modern science, and the rule of law—as well as its misdeeds: two World Wars, the Holocaust, imperialistic domination, and the Atlantic slave trade. Taking us through a series of revolutions, he explores the contributions of other cultures and civilizations to the West’s emergence, weaving in historical, geographical, and cultural factors. The new edition also contains more material on themes such as the environment and gender, and additional coverage of India, China and the Islamic world. Daly’s engaging narrative is accompanied by timelines, maps and further reading suggestions, along with a companion website featuring study questions, over 100 primary sources and 60 historical maps to enable further study.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-01-28
Mått156 x 234 x 36 mm
Vikt1 038 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor696
Upplaga2
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781350066137

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Prologue: Why the West?1. Innovation in World Civilization2. Medieval Transformations3. Papal Revolution4. Military Revolutions5. Discovery of the World6. Explosion of the Printed Word7. The Reformation8. Scientific Revolutions9. Commercial Revolutions10. Political Revolutions11. Industrial Revolution12. Technological Revolution13. Crises of the West14. Social RevolutionsConclusion: A New Type of SocietyNotesAnnotated BibliographyIndex

Jonathan Daly’s new odyssey of the rise of the West represents a renewed effort to map up the internal conditions that have made the West so special in the world history. The author’s panorama view which covers the whole spectrum of the factors in favour of the West can be boiled down to a single term: ‘revolutions’, either in human mind or in social institutions and they came one after another tirelessly since the previously misunderstood ‘Dark Ages’. In this context, lucks and chances played much less important role, if at all. The author’s narrative therefore spells out the secret of the rise of the West in a highly consistent and coherent fashion. Curious reader may of course ask where the drive for so many revolutions in the West has come from. This will be the author’s next project, hopefully.