UID:
edocfu_9959227788402883
Format:
1 online resource (145 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-37474-7
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1-134-37475-5
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1-281-10083-8
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9786611100834
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0-203-93009-6
Series Statement:
Themes in world history
Content:
Western civilization and world history are often seen as different, or even mutually exclusive, routes into historical studies. This volume shows that they can be successfully linked, providing a tool to see each subject in the context of the other, identifying influences and connections.Western Civilization in World History takes up the recent debates about the merits of the well-established 'Western civ' approach versus the newer field of world history. Peter N. Stearns outlines key aspects of Western civilization - often assumed rather than analyzed - and reviews them in
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction: Why Western civ?; Part I: The Western civ tradition; Chapter 2 Why Western civ courses: The constraints of success; Chapter 3 The fall of Western civ, and why it still stands; Part II: Getting Western civilization started; Chapter 4 Defining civilizations; Chapter 5 When in the world is Western civilization?; Chapter 6 The West in the world; Part III: The rise of the West, 1450-1850; Chapter 7 Causes of a new global role; Chapter 8 Transformations of the West
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Chapter 9 Where in the world was Western civilization?Part IV: The West in the contemporary world; Chapter 10 Western civilization and the industrial revolution; Chapter 11 Disruptions of the twentieth century; Chapter 12 The West in a globalized world; Epilogue: Western civilization and Western civ; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-31610-3
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-31611-1
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203930090
