Western Civilization: A Global and Comparative Approach: Volume II: Since 1600

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Featuring the one author, one voice approach, this text is ideal for instructors who do not wish to neglect the importance of non-Western perspectives on the study of the past. The book is a brief, affordable presentation providing a coherent examination of the past from ancient times to the present. Religion, everyday life, and transforming moments are the three themes employed to help make the past interesting, intelligible, and relevant to students. Readers will find an emphasis on interpretation and analysis as opposed to straightforward presentation of information. Also central to the presentation is the focus on a comparative approach that provides students with a greater understanding of the West through comparisons with other civilizations and cultures. Also included are Original Source boxes as well as web links to additional and complementary information.

List of Maps, Tables, and Charts	p. xiii
List of Illustrations	p. xv
Preface	p. xvii
Acknowledgments	p. xxi
Absolutism and Political Revolution in the Seventeenth Century	p. 3
The Shaping of the Past: The Assassination of Henry IV and the Rise of French Absolutism	p. 5
Absolutism in France Under Louis XIV	p. 7
The Habsburgs in Spain and Austria	p. 9
Absolute Government in Prussia and Russia	p. 11
Absolute Government in East and West: Manchu China and Monarchical Europe	p. 14
The Shaping of the Past: The Execution of Charles I and the Struggle Against Absolute Government in Britain	p. 19
Political Conflict and Development in the Netherlands	p. 23
War and Political Consciousness in the Seventeenth Century	p. 24
Conclusion	p. 29
The Scientific Revolution and Changes in Thought and Society in the Seventeenth Century	p. 32
The Shaping of the Past: Copernicus's On the Revolution of the Heavenly Bodies and the Scientific Revolution	p. 32
Political Thought in the Seventeenth Century	p. 41
Art and Literature in the Seventeenth Century	p. 43
Everyday Life and Social Conditions in Seventeenth-Century Europe	p. 46
Early Modern India: Thought, Culture, and Social Change	p. 50
Conclusion	p. 56
The Enlightenment, 1715-1789	p. 59
Changing Attitudes Toward Religion and the Church	p. 59
Changing Attitudes Toward Political Authority and the State	p. 62
Changing Attitudes Toward Society and Women	p. 64
Changing Attitudes Toward Nature and Art	p. 66
Changing Attitudes Toward Human Nature and Slavery	p. 69
Africa and the Slave Trade	p. 72
The Shaping of the Past: Population Growth and Social Change in England	p. 79
Social, Economic, and Political Discontent in France	p. 80
Enlightened Despotism in the Austrian Empire	p. 81
Frederick the Great and the Rise of Prussia	p. 83
Catherine the Great and Enlightened Despotism in Russia	p. 84
Enlightened Despotism: A Contradiction in Terms?	p. 86
Conclusion	p. 87
The Age of Revolution in France and the Americas, 1775-1815	p. 90
The Shaping of the American Revolution	p. 92
The Shaping of the Past: The Storming of the Bastille and the Early Stages of the French Revolution	p. 95
Popular Participation in the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror	p. 101
The Rise of Napoleon and the Impact of the French Revolution on Europe	p. 103
Napoleonic Rule in France and the Napoleonic Wars in Europe	p. 105
The Shaping of the Past: Napoleon's Decision to Invade Russia	p. 107
Colonial Empire in Latin America	p. 110
Rebellion and Revolution in Latin America	p. 112
Conclusion	p. 113
Revolution, Reaction, and Ideology, 1815-1848	p. 118
The Congress of Vienna	p. 118
The Legacy of the French Revolution and Napoleon	p. 121
The Shaping of the Industrial Revolution in Britain	p. 126
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution	p. 131
India in the Early Nineteenth Century	p. 135
Cultural and Ideological Movements of the Post-Napoleonic Period	p. 139
The Revolutions of 1848	p. 143
Conclusion	p. 146
Cultural Interaction Between Europe and the World in the Nineteenth Century	p. 148
Imperialism in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century	p. 150
The Foundations of British Rule in India	p. 151
War and Conflict in India	p. 153
Imperialism and Indian Society in the Nineteenth Century	p. 155
China's Intellectual and Political Response to Europe	p. 159
The Opium War	p. 161
The Shaping of the Past: The Taiping Rebellion	p. 162
China's Resistance to Change	p. 165
The New Treaty System and the Further Opening of China	p. 166
The Rise of Modern Japan	p. 167
Russian Expansion in the Caucasus and Central Asia	p. 169
The Emergence of the United States as a National Power	p. 170
Africa and the West	p. 172
Conclusion	p. 176
Europe and the West in the Age of Nationalism and Reform, 1848-1914	p. 179
Italian and German Unification	p. 181
French Nationalism Under Napoleon III and the Third French Republic	p. 183
The Effects of Nationalism in the Habsburg Empire, the United States, and Ireland	p. 186
Social Change, Political Reform, and the Struggle for Women's Rights	p. 189
The Decline of Serfdom and Slavery	p. 193
European Thought and Culture	p. 199
Conclusion	p. 205
World War I and the Russian Revolution, ca. 1900-1924	p. 208
Systems of Alliances	p. 210
Crises in North Africa and the Balkans	p. 212
Early Twentieth-Century Russia	p. 213
The Shaping of the Past: August 1914	p. 215
The Nature of the War in Europe	p. 217
The Home Fronts	p. 221
The Russian Revolutions of 1917	p. 224
The Russian Civil War and Lenin's New Economic Policy	p. 227
The Middle East	p. 229
Conclusion	p. 233
The Aftermath of World War I, 1919-1929	p. 236
The Economic Consequences of the War	p. 236
The Peace Settlement and Its Consequences	p. 239
The Acceleration of Political Change	p. 244
Political Change, Nationalism, and Revolution in Latin America	p. 246
Literary Responses to World War I	p. 253
The Shaping of the Past: Cubism and the Artistic Response to the War	p. 255
Society, Popular Culture, and Everyday Life in the 1920s	p. 257
Conclusion	p. 261
The Crisis of the Interwar Years, 1919-1939	p. 264
Fascist Rule and Society in Italy	p. 266
The Shaping of the Past: The Crash of 1929 and the Beginnings of the Great Depression	p. 268
The Shaping of Soviet Communism Under Stalin	p. 272
The Shaping of National Socialism Under Hitler	p. 275
Social Change and Political Revolution in China	p. 278
Conclusion	p. 286
World War H and Its Aftermath, 1939-1949	p. 291
The Beginnings of World War II	p. 293
German Conquests and the Treatment of Subject Populations	p. 296
The Shaping of the Past: The Battle of Britain and the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor	p. 299
The German Invasion of the Soviet Union	p. 306
The Impact of the War on the Home Front and the Nature of the War	p. 309
Effects of Total War: Civilian Casualties and the Holocaust	p. 312
The Impact of World War II on India	p. 315
Postwar Uncertainties	p. 317
Conclusion	p. 321
The Cold War and the Postwar Era, 1945-1960	p. 325
The Impact of the Marshall Plan	p. 327
European Reconstruction and Unification	p. 328
The Shaping of the Cold War	p. 331
The Korean War and McCarthyism in the United States	p. 333
Three Crises of 1956	p. 335
New Directions in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe	p. 339
Everyday Life in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe	p. 342
The Shaping of the Past: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and the Critique of the Soviet Union	p. 344
Life in Dictatorships and Democracies in Latin America	p. 346
Conclusion	p. 352
The Pivotal 1960s	p. 355
Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Cuban Missile Crisis	p. 357
The Arms Race and the Space Race	p. 360
The Civil Rights Movement in the United States	p. 362
Women in the Postwar World	p. 365
Cultural Change and the Challenges of Youth	p. 369
The Shaping of the Past: The Beatles' Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	p. 372
The Vietnam War	p. 374
Protests in East and West in 1968	p. 379
The Beginning of the "Troubles" in Northern Ireland	p. 382
Jews in Postwar Europe and Israel	p. 384
Conclusion	p. 388
Democracies and Dictatorships, 1970-1989	p. 391
Communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union	p. 394
The Evolution of the European Community	p. 397
The Problems, Survival, and Revival of Western Europe	p. 399
The Shaping of the People's Republic of China, 1949-1989	p. 402
Brezhnev, Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Détente	p. 408
Reagan and the Evil Empire	p. 410
The Shaping of the Past: The Accession of Mikhail Gorbachev	p. 412
The End of the Cold War	p. 414
Conclusion	p. 416
After the Cold War: The West and the Contemporary World	p. 419
The Shaping of the Past: Lech Walesa and the Fall of Communism in Poland	p. 422
Revolutions in Eastern Europe, the Democracy Movement, and the Decline of the Soviet Union	p. 424
Social, Cultural, and Political Changes in Western Europe	p. 430
Environmental and Health Issues in Diverse Countries: India, Russia, Japan, and Germany	p. 436
Conclusion	p. 442
Epilogue: The Shaping of the Past and the Challenge of the Future	p. 449
Index	p. 455
About the Author	p. 493
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