Western Civilization: The Continuing Experiment

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Reseña del editor: Discussing Western civilization from its origins in 3000 B.C. up to the present, 30 chapters cover the ancestors of the West; Greek and Roman, late antiquity, and the medieval civilizations; the Renaissance; European overseas expansion to 1600; the Reformation; Europe in the ages of religious wars and Louis XIV, and on the threshold of modernity; an age of revolution; the industrial transformation of Europe; restoration, reform, and revolution; optimism, tensions, war and revolution, the illusion of stability, a tortured decade (1930-39), and the era of World War II; the Cold War; and the West and the world since 1989. New features in this edition include information technology essays, focus questions, 10 to 12 definitions per chapter, chronologies, pronunciation guides, and expansion of Weighing the Evidence essays and primary sources. Illustrated with color and b&w images and maps. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)