Peter N. Stearns (George Mason University)

Western Civilization in World History

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

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Produktdetails

• Themes in World History
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 160mm x 413mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 232g
• ISBN-13: 9780415316101
• ISBN-10: 0415316103
• Artikelnr.: 22418174

Autorenporträt

Peter N. Stearns

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: why Western civ?
PART I: The Western civ tradition
2. Why Western civ courses: the constraints of success
3. The fall of Western civ
and why it still stands
PART II: Getting Western civilization started
4. Defining civilizations
5. When in the world is Western civilization?
6. The West in the world
PART III: The rise of the West
1450-1850
7. Causes of a new global role
8. Transformations of the West
9. Where in the world was Western civilization?
PART IV: The West in the contemporary world
10. Western civilization and the industrial revolution
11. Disruptions of the twentieth century
12. The West in a globalized world
Epilogue: Western civilization and Western civ
Index