Western Civilization: A Brief History, Volume I

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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WESTERN CIVILIZATION: A BRIEF HISTORY, Eleventh Edition, offers a concise introduction to political, cultural, and intellectual history. Easy to read and updated with recent scholarship, the Eleventh Edition retains many popular features, including comparative timelines, full-color art essays, and primary source boxes in each chapter.

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Utgivningsdatum2015-01-01
Mått183 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt477 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor288
Upplaga11
FörlagCengage Learning
ISBN9781305091597

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Marvin Perry, now retired, taught history at Baruch College, City University of New York. He has published several successful Cengage Learning texts, including WESTERN CIVILIZATION: IDEAS, POLITICS, AND SOCIETY (senior author and general editor); WESTERN CIVILIZATION: A BRIEF HISTORY; the leading Western Civilization reader, SOURCES OF THE WESTERN TRADITION; AN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE; SOURCES OF EUROPEAN HISTORY SINCE 1900 (senior editor); HUMANITIES IN THE WESTERN TRADITION (senior author and general editor); and WORLD WAR II IN EUROPE: A CONCISE HISTORY. His scholarly work includes ARNOLD TOYNBEE AND THE WESTERN TRADITION (1996); ANTISEMITISM: MYTH AND HATE FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT (coauthor, 2002); ANTISEMITIC MYTHS: A HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY ANTHOLOGY (coeditor, 2008); and THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ISLAMIC TERRORISM: AN ANTHOLOGY (coeditor, 2008). Dr. Perry's scholarly work focuses on the history of ideas.

Part I: THE ANCIENT WORLD: FOUNDATION OF THE WEST TO A.D. 500.1. The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations.2. The Hebrews: A New View of God and the Individual.3. The Greeks: From Myth to Reason.4. Rome: From City-State to World Empire.5. Early Christianity: A World Religion.Part II: THE MIDDLE AGES: THE CHRISTIAN CENTURIES 500—1400.6. The Rise of Europe: Fusion of Classical, Christian, and Germanic Traditions.7. The Flowering and Dissolution of Medieval Civilization.Part III: THE RISE OF MODERNITY: FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO THE ENLIGHTENMENT 1350—1789.8. Transition to the Modern Age: Renaissance and Reformation.9. Political and Economic Transformation: National States, Overseas Expansion, Commercial Revolution.10. Intellectual Transformation: The Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment.ending the PMI to a copyeditor). NOTE: There is a 15K character limit in Magellan.