Civilization : a new history of the Western world

Summary: Traces the history of Western civilization from its early origins through the twentieth century, highlighting the people, events, developments, and discoveries that have shaped the development of the Western world and influenced its relations with other regions.

Record details

ISBN: 9781933648767
ISBN: 1933648767 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9781933648194
ISBN: 1933648198
Physical Description: print
xi, 532 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Edition: 1st trade paperback ed.
Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

In the beginning : prehistory and illiterate societies -- A torrent of words : change and custom in classical Greece -- The birth of abstraction : Plato, Aristotle, and the rational mind -- The universal civilization : Rome and the barbarians -- Augustine's vision of Christianity : from rebel sect to universal faith -- Religion as civilization : the establishment of Western Christendom -- Another way of living : the medieval town and communal life -- Art as civilization : wealth, power, and innovation in the Italian Renaissance -- The search for the Christian life : the European Reformation as a new beginning -- Kings, armies, and nations : the rise of the military state -- Us and them : colonization and slavery -- The rational individual : theory and practice in making society -- Enlightenment and revolution : politics and reason in France and America -- Industrialization and nationalism : British dominance and the ideology of freedom -- From rural colonies to industrial continent : the making of modern America -- Towards the abyss : technology, ideology, apocalypse -- The end of civilization : Depression, extremism, and genocide in Europe, America, and Asia -- The post-war world : from social cohesion to global marketplace.