Nicholas L. Waddy

The Essential Guide to Western Civilization (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This new edition of The Essential Guide to Western Civilization provides a succinct and engaging overview of European history for students.

With wide chronological coverage, from early humans and the first civilizations to the present, this book provides a narrative of key events in the West with insightful analysis to further contextualize the relationship of the West to the wider world. The second edition has been fully updated, with increased coverage of women, slavery, colonization, economics and finance, and concurrent developments in the non-Western world. It engages with recent scholarship and includes updated suggested readings to offer a more comprehensive view of Western Civilization. To further aid student understanding, this book includes review questions at the end of each section, key terms and definitions for each chapter, discussion questions at the end of every chapter, and maps and images to illustrate important concepts.

Ideal for undergraduates in Western Civilization and European history courses, this volume is a concise, accessible resource that encourages students to think critically and creatively about history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040359747
• Artikelnr.: 74208488

Autorenporträt

Nicholas L. Waddy is Associate Professor of History at Alfred State College in Alfred, New York, United States. He teaches courses on Western Civilization, African history, and military history.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: The Value of European History 1. Early Humans and the Dawn of Civilization 2. Ancient Greece: Politics and War 3. Ancient Greece: Society
Culture
and Daily Life 4. Ancient Rome: Politics and War 5. Ancient Rome: Society
Culture and Daily Life 6. The Middle Ages: Politics and War
500-1300 7. The Middle Ages: Society
Culture and Daily Life 8. The Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance 9. The Age of Discovery
the Protestant Reformation
and the Wars of Religion
1492-1648 10. Politics
Colonialism
and War
1648-1789 11. European Society during the Scientific
Agricultural
and Industrial Revolutions
1600-1800 12. The Enlightenment
the French Revolution
and the Age of Napoleon
1700-1815 13. Challenging the Conservative Order: Liberalism
Nationalism
and Socioeconomic Change
1815-50 14. Middle Class Europe: The Triumph of Liberalism and Nationalism and the Rise of Socialism
1850-1914 15. Industrialization
Imperialism
and Intellectual and Social Change
1850-1914 16. World War I
1914-18 17. Interwar Europe
1919-39 18. World War II
1939-45 19. The Cold War and the End of European Dominance
1945-present Epilogue: Europe
the United States
and the World in the 21st Century