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Tables of Contents for Western Civilization
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Maps
xxi
Chronologies
xxiii
Preface
xxv
Part One The Ancient World: Foundation of the West to A.D. 500
2
194
The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations
4
29
The Hebrews: A New View of God and the Individual
33
17
The Greek City-State: Democratic Politics
50
24
Greek Thought: From Myth to Reason
74
28
The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion
102
17
The Roman Republic: City-State to World Empire
119
22
The Roman Empire: A World-State
141
30
Early Christianity: A World Religion
171
25
Part Two The Middle Ages: The Christian Centuries 500-1400
196
102
The Heirs of Rome: Byzantium, Islam, and Latin Christendom
198
30
The High Middle Ages: Vitality and Renewal
228
30
The Flowering of Medieval Culture: The Christian Synthesis
258
21
The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Dissolution
279
19
Part Three Early Modern Europe: from Renaissance to Enlightenment 1350--1789
298
164
The Renaissance: Transition to the Modern Age
300
23
The Reformation: Shattering of Christendom
323
25
European Expansion: Economic and Social Transformations
348
29
The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State
377
33
The Scientific Revolution: The Mechanical Universe and Its Implications
410
18
The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform
428
34
Part Four An Age of Revolution: Liberal, National, Industrial 1789--1848
462
122
The French Revolution: Affirmation of Liberty and Equality
464
26
Napoleon: Subverter and Preserver of the Revolution
490
19
The Industrial Revolution: The Transformation of Society
509
22
Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century
531
30
Europe, 1815--1848: Revolution and Counterrevolution
561
23
Part Five An Age of Contradiction: Progress and Breakdown 1848--1914
584
142
Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: Realism and Social Criticism
586
25
The Surge of Nationalism: From Liberal to Extreme Nationalism
611
26
The Industrial West: Responses to Modernization
637
30
Western Imperialism: Global Dominance
667
28
Modern Consciousness: New Views of Nature, Human Nature, and the Arts
695
31
Part Six World Wars and Totalitarianism: The West in Crisis 1914--1945
726
138
World War I: The West in Despair
728
37
An Era of Totalitarianism
765
43
Thought and Culture in an Era of World Wars and Totalitarianism
808
27
World War II: Western Civilization in the Balance
835
29
Part Seven The Contemporary World: The Global Age Since 1945
864
46
Europe After World War II: Recovery and Realignment, 1945--1985
866
21
The Troubled Present
887
23
Epilogue: The Western Tradition in a Global Age
910
Index
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