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Western civilization in world history /

Western Civilization in World History takes up the recent debates between the well-established 'Western Civ' approach and the newer field of world history. Stearns reviews and analyzes key aspects of Western civilization in a global context.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stearns, Peter N.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge, 2003.
Colección:Themes in world history.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1 Introduction: Why Western civ?
  • part 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 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 PART III The rise of the West, 1450-1850
  • chapter 7 Causes of a new global role
  • chapter 8 Transformations of the West
  • chapter 9 Where in the world was Western civilization?
  • part 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.