{"product_id":"a-concise-survey-of-western-civilization-supremacies-and-diversities-throughout-history-9781538112557","title":"A Concise Survey of Western Civilization:","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis engaging text offers a concise, readable description of our common Western heritage. Providing a tightly focused narrative and interpretive structure, Brian Pavlac covers the basic historical information that all educated adults should know. His joined terms “supremacies and diversities” develop major themes of conflict and creativity throughout history. “Supremacies” centers on the use of power to dominate societies, ranging from warfare to ideologies. Supremacy, Pavlac shows, seeks stability, order, and incorporation. “Diversities” encompasses the creative impulse that produces new ideas, as well as efforts of groups of people to define themselves as “different.” Diversity creates change, opportunity, and individuality.   These concepts of historical tension and change, whether applied to political, economic, technological, social, or cultural trends, offer a cohesive explanatory organization. The text is also informed by five other topical themes: technological innovation, migration and conquest, political and economic decision-making, church and state, and disputes about the meaning of life. The third edition has added new primary source projects, improved maps and illustrations to enhance the visual dimension,   Written with flair, this easily accessible yet deeply knowledgeable text provides all the essentials for a course on Western civilization. Conceived as a seamless, affordable overview, not artificially boiled down from a lengthier text, it can be used as a standalone for a one-term course or combined with Volume 1 for two-term course.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Diagrams, Figures, Maps, Primary Source Projects, Sources on Families, Tables, and Timelines   Acknowledgments   How to Use This Book   1. History’s Story  There’s Method  What Is Truth?  Primary Source Project 1: Thucydides versus von Ranke about the Aim of History   9. Making the Modern World: The Renaissance and Reformation, 1400 to 1648  The Purse of Princes  Man as the Measure  Primary Source Project 9: Witch Hunter versus Confessor about Belief in Witches  Heaven Knows  Sources on Families: Martin Luther, Table Talk  Fatal Beliefs  God, Greed, and Glory   10. Liberation of Mind and Body: Early Modern Europe, 1543 to 1815 Lost in the Stars  From the Salons to the Streets  Sources on Families: Jean-Jacques Rousseau,E'mile, or On Education The State Is He (or She)  (Prosperous) People Power  The Declaration of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity  Primary Source Project 10: Declaration of the Rights of Man versus Declaration of the Rights of Woman about Human Rights  Blood and Empires   11. Mastery of the Machine: The Industrial Revolution, 1764 to 1914  Facts of Factories  Life in the Jungle  Sources on Families: George Sand on the End of Her Marriage  Cleaning Up the Mess  For the Workers  Primary Source Project 11: Smiles versus Owen about the Good Life  The Machinery of Nature   12. The Westerner’s Burden: Imperialism and Nationalism, 1810 to 1918  “New and Improved” Imperialism  From Sea to Shining Sea  Nationalism’s Curse  Sources on Families: Ethel Howard, Potsdam Princes  The Balkan Cauldron  The Great War  Primary Source Project 12: “In Flanders Fields” versus “Dulce et Decorum Est” about Death in War   13. Rejections of Democracy: The Interwar Years and World War II, 1917 to 1945  Decline of the West?  Russians in Revolt  Losing Their Grip  Fascist Fury  Hitler’s Hatreds  Sources on Families: Joseph Goebbels, “German Womanhood”  The Roads to Global War  Primary Source Project 13: Hitler versus Franklin D. Roosevelt about the Just Society   14. A World Divided: The Early Cold War, 1945 to 1980  From Friends to Foes  Primary Source Project 14: Khrushchev versus Nixon about Competition  Making Money  Sources on Families: Shirley Chisholm, Speech on Equal Rights  To the Brink, Again and Again  Letting Go and Holding On  American Hegemon  The Uneasy Understanding   15. Into the Future: The Contemporary Era, 1980 to the Present  The Walls Come Down  Searching for Stability  Different Folks  Haves and Cannots  Sources on Families: Supreme Court of the United States, Obergefell v. Hodges  Values of Violence  The Walls Go Up Again  Primary Source Project 15: The European Central Bank versus the National Front about the EU   Epilogue: Why Western Civilization?   Timelines   Common Abbreviations   Glossary   Index  About the Author","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041120321879,"sku":"9781538112557","price":71.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781538112557.jpg?v=1750949016","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-concise-survey-of-western-civilization-supremacies-and-diversities-throughout-history-9781538112557","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}