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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451309703321

Autore

Stearns Peter N.

Titolo

Western civilization in world history / / Peter N. Stearns

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-37475-5

1-281-10083-8

9786611100834

0-203-93009-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 p.)

Collana

Themes in world history

Classificazione

15.50

Disciplina

909/.09821

Soggetti

Civilization, Western - History

World history

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction: Why Western civ?; Part I: The Western civ tradition; Chapter 2 Why Western civ courses: The constraints of success; Chapter 3 The fall of Western civ, and why it still stands; Part II: Getting Western civilization started; Chapter 4 Defining civilizations; Chapter 5 When in the world is Western civilization?; Chapter 6 The West in the world; Part III: The rise of the West, 1450-1850; Chapter 7 Causes of a new global role; Chapter 8 Transformations of the West

Chapter 9 Where in the world was Western civilization?Part IV: The West in the contemporary world; Chapter 10 Western civilization and the industrial revolution; Chapter 11 Disruptions of the twentieth century; Chapter 12 The West in a globalized world; Epilogue: Western civilization and Western civ; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Western civilization and world history are often seen as different, or even mutually exclusive, routes into historical studies. This volume shows that they can be successfully linked, providing a tool to see each subject in the context of the other, identifying influences and connections.Western Civilization in World History takes up the recent debates about the merits of the well-established 'Western civ' approach



versus the newer field of world history. Peter N. Stearns outlines key aspects of Western civilization - often assumed rather than analyzed - and reviews them in