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Western Civilization: A Global and Comparative Approach Volume II: Since 1600

520 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

576 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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Featuring the one author, one voice approach, this text is ideal for instructors who do not wish to neglect the importance of non-Western perspectives on the study of the past. The book is a brief, affordable presentation providing a coherent examination of the past from ancient times to the present. Religion, everyday life, and transforming moments are the three themes employed to help make the... Read more

List of Maps, Tables, and Charts

List of Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Absolutism and Political Revolution in the Seventeenth Century

2. The Scientific Revolution and Changes in Thought and Society in the Seventeenth Century

3. The Enlightenment, 1715-1789

4. The Age of Revolution in France and the Americas, 1775-1815

5. Revolution, Reaction, and Ideology, 1815-1848

6. Cultural Interaction Between Europe and the World in the Nineteenth Century

7. Europe and the West in the Age of Nationalism and Reform, 1848-1914

8. World War I and the Russian Revolution, ca. 1900-1924