Western civilization in world history / / Peter N. Stearns
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| Autore: |
Stearns Peter N.
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| Titolo: |
Western civilization in world history / / Peter N. Stearns
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (145 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 909/.09821 |
| Soggetto topico: | Civilization, Western - History |
| World history | |
| Classificazione: | 15.50 |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Western civilization in world history |
| ISBN: | 1-134-37474-7 |
| 1-134-37475-5 | |
| 1-281-10083-8 | |
| 9786611100834 | |
| 0-203-93009-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910807037003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Themes in world history.