The western experience since 1600 vol.11 /

Chambers, Mortimer

The western experience since 1600 vol.11 / Mortimer Chambers [and others]. - 5th ed - New York : McGraw - Hill, ©1991. - pages 571-1360 : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm.

Century of war and revolt 1560-1660 --
Culture and society in the age of the scientific revolution 1540-1660 --
Triumph of artistocrats and kings 1660-1715 --
Absolutism and empire 1715-1770s --
Age of enlightenment 1715-1770s --
Revolutions of the eighteenth century --
Terror and Napoleon 1792-1814 --
Politics of restoration and reform 1815-1850 --
Industrialization and social change 1800-1860 --
National state and the middle class 1840-1880 --
Age of progress 1860-1914 --
Imperialism and the great war 1870-1920 --
Democracy and depression 1920-1933 --
Totalitarianism triumphant and World War II 1924-1941 --
World War II and the survival of Europe 1941-1958 --
Present in historical perspective.

The tradition of the introductory course in European history is recognized by keeping the book's chapters chronological in sequence ... The readers of this text, can use the book as an introduction to historical method and will find within it a framework to which they can attach whatever else they know about Western society ... A college course ...-Intro.

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Civilization, Western--History.
History, Modern.
Civilization, Western.

CB59 / .W38 1991