Product Description: The title of this book is, of course, inspired by the famous opening words of General de Gaulle's Memoirs of the Second World War: All my life I have thought of France in a certain way. Wesseling brings together his essays dealing with a great variety of subjects such as culture, society, politics, and diplomacy, with one section devoted entirely to French historians...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Apocalyptic visions and prophecies from Zarathustra to yesterday form the luxuriant panorama in Eugen Weber's profound and elegant book. Beginning with the ancients of the West and the Orient and, especially, with those from whom we received our religions, the Jews and earliest Christians, Weber finds that an absolute belief in the end of time, when good would do final battle with evil, was omnipresent...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: In these secular times, confessing to a belief in the apocalypse consigns a person to Christian fundamentalism or to cult status. But for centuries the Judaeo-Christian version of apocalypse - its Revelations-driven belief in the destruction of evil and the Second Coming of Christ - was accepted as the literal truth and ultimate destination of human existence...read more

Product Description: The Western Tradition, 5/e, offers carefully selected documents reflecting the social, political, economic, cultural, and religious development of Western civilization. Volume I spans the rise of Western civilization from Egypt and Mesopotamia to the seventeenth century...read more

Western Tradition, 5/e, offers carefully selected documents reflecting the social, political, economic, cultural, and religious development of Western civilization. Volume I spans the rise of Western civilization from Egypt and Mesopotamia to the seventeenth century. Volume II commences with the Renaissance and Reformation and it culminates with the end of the Cold War and the rise of new nationalist movements.

My France focuses on some of the most intriguing aspects of French life: politics, myths, personalities, public problems, actions, and conflicts. The topics Weber treats range from sports to religion, and include comments on folklore, national socialism, antisemitism, and famous Frenchmen.

Describes what daily life was like in turn of the century France, looks at the impact of new technology and social change, and discusses the theater, tourism, bicycles, bathing, art, and clothing

One in a five volume series on the history of Western civilization, this volume traces the history of western nations from the end of World War I to the present.