Civilization in the West /
Mark Kishlansky, Patrick Geary, Patricia O'Brien.
- 7th ed.
- New York : Pearson, c2008.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The first civilizations -- 2. Early Greece, 2500-500 B.C.E -- 3. Classical and hellenistic Greece, 500-100 B.C.E -- 4. Early Rome and the Roman Republic, 800-146 B.C.E -- 5. Imperial Rome, 146 B.C.E - 192 C.E -- 6. The transformation of the classical world -- 7. The classical legacy in the east: Byzantium and Islam -- 8. The West in the Early Middle Ages, 500-900 -- 9. The High Middle Ages -- 10. The later Middle Ages, 1300-1500 -- 11. The Italian Renaissance -- 12. The European empires -- 13. The reform of religion -- 14. Europe at war, 1555-1648 -- 15. The experience of life in early modern Europe, 1500-1650 -- 16. The royal state in the Seventeenth Century -- 17. Science and commerce in early modern Europe -- 18. The balance of power in Eighteenth Century Europe -- 19. Culture and society in Eighteenth Century Europe -- 20. The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Era, 1789-1815 -- 21. Industrial Europe -- 22. Political upheavals and social transformations, 1815-1850 -- 23. State building and social change in Europe, 1850-1871 -- 24. The crisis of European culture, 1871-1914 -- 25. Europe and the world, 1870-1914 -- 26. War and Revolution, 1914-1920 -- 27. The European search for stability, 1920-1939 -- 28. Global conflagration: World War II, 1939-1945 -- 29. The Cold War and postwar economic recovery: 1945-1970 -- 30. The end of the Cold War and new global challenges, 1970 to the present.
Civilization in the West blends social and political history with an exceptional map and image program to engage students and bring history to life. The authors tell a compelling story of Western Civilization that is enhanced by an image-based approach. “The Visual Record" chapter openers draw students in by using illustrations that underscore a dominant theme of the chapter. New "Image Discovery" features guide students to interrogate images, understand their contexts, and unpack their multiple meanings. The dramatic, changing contours of the West are explored through an exceptional map program, through Map Discovery features, and through Geographical Tours of Europe.