The essential guide to Western civilization / by Nicholas J. Waddy.
"This Essential Guide offers a concise overview of European history developed to suit the undergraduate Western Civilization curriculum. Author Nicholas Waddy provides an accessible account of major developments in European history in a flexible format. The book will serve as a core text for in...
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Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group,
2018.
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Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1 Early Humans and the Dawn of Civilization
- chapter 2 Ancient Greece: Politics and War
- chapter 3 Ancient Greece: Society, Culture, and Daily Life
- chapter 4 Ancient Rome: Politics and War
- chapter 5 Ancient Rome: Society, Culture, and Daily Life
- chapter 6 The Middle Ages: Politics and War, 500-1300
- chapter 7 The Middle Ages: Society, Culture, and Daily Life
- chapter 8 The Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance
- chapter 9 The Age of Discovery, the Protestant Reformation, and the Wars of Religion, 1492-1648
- chapter 10 Politics, Colonialism, and War, 1648-1789
- chapter 11 European Society During the Scientific, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolutions, 1600-1800
- chapter 12 The Enlightenment, the French Revolution, and the Age of Napoleon, 1700-1815
- chapter 13 Challenging the Conservative Order: Liberalism, Nationalism, and Socioeconomic Change, 1815-50
- chapter 14 Middle-Class Europe: The Triumph of Liberalism and Nationalism and the Rise of Socialism, 1850-1914
- chapter 15 Industrialization, Imperialism, and Intellectual and Social Change, 1850-1914
- chapter 16 World War I, 1914-18
- chapter 17 Interwar Europe, 1919-39
- chapter 18 World War II, 1939-45
- chapter 19 The Cold War and the End of European Dominance, 1945-present.