The West in the world
Subtitle: a history of western civilization
By: Dennis Sherman, Joyce Salisbury
Contributors: Salisbury, Joyce E.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 843
ISBN-13: 9780073385655
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The roots of western civilization : the ancient Middle East to the sixth century B.C.E; title: The contest for excellence : Greece, 2000-338 B.C.E; title: The poleis become cosmopolitan : the Hellenistic world, 336-150 B.C.E.; title: Pride in family and city : Rome from its origins through the Republic, 753-44 B.C.E; title: Territorial and christian empires : the Roman Empire, 31 B.C.E. to 410 C.E.; title: A world divided : western kingdoms, Byzantium, and the islamic world, ca. 376-1000; title: The struggle to bring order : the early Middle Ages, ca. 750-1000; title: Order restored : the high Middle Ages, 1000-1300; title: The west struggles and eastern empires flourish : the late Middle Ages, ca. 1300-1500; title: A new spirit in the west : the Renaissance, ca. 1300-1640; title: "Alone before god" : religious reform and warfare, 1500-1648; title: Faith, fortune, and fame : European expansion, 1450-1700; title: The struggle for survival and sovereignty : Europe's social and political order, 1600-1715; title: A new world of reason and reform : the scientific revolution and the enlightenment, 1600-1800; title: Competing for power and wealth : the old regime, 1715-1789; title: Overturning the political and social order : the French Revolution and Napoleon, 1789-1815; title: Factories, cities, and families in the Industrial Age : the Industrial Revolution, 1780-1850; title: Coping with change : ideology, politics, and revolution, 1815-1850; title: Nationalism and statebuilding : unifying nations, 1850-1870; title: Mass politics and imperial domination : democracy and the new imperialism, 1870-1914; title: Modern life and the culture of progress : western society, 1850-1914; title: Descending into the twentieth century : World War and revolution, 1914-1920; title: Darkening decades : recovery, dictators, and depression, 1920-1939; title: Into the fire again : World War II, 1939-1945; title: Superpower struggles and global transformations : the Cold War, 1945-1980s; title: Into the twenty-first century : the present in perspective.