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The West in the World, Updated Edition, 2/e

Dennis Sherman
Joyce E. Salisbury

ISBN: 007297317x
Copyright year: 2006

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  1. The Roots of Western Civilization: The Ancient Middle East to 500 B.C.
  2. The Contest for Excellence: Greece, 2000-338 B.C.
  3. The Poleis Become Cosmopolitan: The Hellenistic World, 323-150 B.C.
  4. Pride in Family and City: Rome from Its Origins Through the Republic
  5. Territorial and Christian Empires: The Roman Empire, 31 B.C. to A.D. 410
  6. A World divided: Western Kingdoms, Byzantium, and the Islamic World, ca. 376-1000
  7. The Struggle to Restore Order: The Middle Ages, ca. 750-1000
  8. Order Perfected: The High Middle Ages, 1000-1300
  9. Despair in the West, Empires in the East: The Late Middle Ages, ca. 1300-1500
  10. A New Spirit in the West: The Renaissance, ca. 1300-1640
  11. "Alone Before God": Religious Reform and Warfare 1500-1648
  12. Faith, Fortune, and Fame: European Expansion, 1450-1700
  13. The Struggle for Survival and Sovereignty: Europe's Social and Political Order, 1600-1715
  14. A New World of Reason and Reform: The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, 1600-1800
  15. Competing for Power and Wealth: The Old Regime, 1715-1789
  16. Overturning the Political and Social Order: The French Revolution and Napoleon
  17. Factories, Cities, and Families in the Industrial Age: The Industrial Revolution, 1780-1850
  18. Coping with Change: Ideology, Politics, and Revolution, 1815-1850
  19. Nationalism and Statebuilding: Unifying Nations, 1850-1870
  20. Mass Politics and Imperial Domination: Democracy and the New Imperialism, 1870-1914
  21. Modern life and the Culture of Progress: Western Society, 1850-1914
  22. Descending Into the Twentieth Century: World War and Revolution, 1914-1920
  23. Darkening Decades: Dictators, Depression, and World War II, 1920-1945
  24. Superpower Struggles and Global Transformations: The Cold War, 1945-1980s
  25. Into the Twenty-First Century: The Present in Perspective
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