The Shaping of Western Civilization, Volume II

Auteur

Michael Burger is a professor of history at Auburn University at Montgomery.

Texte du rabat

The Shaping of Western Civilization: From the Reformation to the Present begins with the Reformation and ends with globalization. Unlike other textbooks that pile on dates and facts, Shaping is a more coherent and interpretive presentation.

Résumé
The Shaping of Western Civilization: From the Reformation to the Present begins with the Reformation and ends with globalization. Unlike other textbooks that pile on dates and facts, Shaping is a more coherent and interpretive presentation.

Contenu

List of figures
List of maps
Preface
Notes on references, further reading, and dates
Introduction

6. The Early Modern West I: The Reformation, the great consolidation, and the end of Christendom
7. The Early Modern West II: Science, society, and the state
8. The Early Modern West III: Enlightenment, industrialization and an unraveled compromise
9. The West, 1815-1914: The Search for community, and responses to the Enlightenment and revolution
10. From ca. 1914 to the present: The search for community, global conflict, and the harvest of the modern West

11. Coda: The Shaping of Western Civilization

    Sources
    Index