num_pages: 448
description: The Brief Edition of Western Civilization presents a strong chronological and political framework and seamlessly integrates the social and cultural forces that have shaped the western past. Two related themes are pursued throughout: 1) Europe in relation to the rest of the world and non-Western influences, and 2) power in all its senses, public and private; economic, social, cultural, and political; symbolic and real.
language: English
title: Western Civilization: The Continuing Experiment, Volume II: Since 1560, Brief Edition
titlecomplete: Western Civilization: The Continuing Experiment, Volume II: Since 1560, Brief Edition
genres: Reference, Nonfiction, World History, College, History
ratings_count: 35
publisher: Wadsworth Publishing