Spare me the details
Subtitle: a short history of Western civilization
By: Sara S. Drogin
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Bloomington, IN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780595470471
Subjects: Western Civilization; History
Description: Spare Me the Details! begins with Ancient Greece and concludes with the twenty-first century. The book describes the key periods, events, and luminaries of Western history, provides cause-and-effect analysis, and establishes historical connections across time periods. Additionally, Spare Me the Details! develops two major themes central to Western civilization: the evolution of humanism and the growth of democracy. It also pays special attention to the role of women throughout history and to the connection between the arts and history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-148).
Table of contents: title: The ancient Greeks: founders of Western civilization 2000-30 B.C.; title: The ancient Romans: preservers, adapters and disseminators of Western civilization 753 B.C.-476 A.D.; title: The Byzantines: preservers of the Western legacy, with an Eastern twist 293 B.C.-1453 A.D.; title: The rise of Islam 622-1100; title: The Middle Ages 500-1350; title: Overview: the early modern era 1350-1550; title: The Renaissance 1350-1550; title: The age of discovery and conquest 1350-1700; title: The Reformation 1517 and beyond; title: Major states in the seventeenth century; title: Overview: the age of revolutions 1550-1900; title: The scientific revolution and the Enlightenment 1550-1780; title: The American Revolution 1763-1783; title: The French Revolution 1789-1815; title: The Industrial Revolution 1760-1830; title: The United States in the 1800s: from revolution to evolution; title: Intellectual revolutions of the 1800s and early 1900s; title: The Great War: World War I 1914-1918; title: The period between the wars; World War II begins 1919-1939; title: World War II 1939-1945; title: The Cold War 1945-1989; title: The West today: some final thoughts.