A History of Western Society, Volume 2

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Table des matières

The Combined Volume includes all chapters.
Volume 1 includes Chapters 1-16.
Volume 2 includes Chapters 14-30.
Since 1300 includes Chapters 11-30.
 
Preface
Maps, Figures, and Tables
Special Features 
 
Chapter 14: European Exploration and Conquest, 1450-1650
What was the Afro-Eurasian trading world before Columbus?
      The Trade World of the Indian Ocean
      The Trading States of Africa
      The Middle East
      Genoese and Venetian Middlemen
How and why did Europeans undertake ambitious voyages of expansion?
      Causes of European Expansion
      Technology and the Rise of Exploration
      The Portuguese Overseas Empire
      Spain's Voyages to the Americas
      Spain "Discovers" the Pacific
      Early Exploration by Northern European Powers
What was the impact of European conquest on the New World?
      Conquest of the Aztec Empire
      The Fall of the Incas
      Portuguese Brazil
      Colonial Empires of England and France
      Colonial Administration
How did Europe and the world change after Columbus?
      Economic Exploitation of the Indigenous Population
      Society in the Colonies
      Population Loss and the Ecological Impacts of Contact
      Sugar and Slavery
      Spanish Silver and Its Economic Effects
      The Birth of the Global Economy
How did expansion change European attitudes and beliefs?
      Religious Conversion
      European Debates About Indigenous Peoples
      New Ideas About Race
      Michel de Montaigne and Cultural Curiosity
      William Shakespeare and His Influence
LOOKING BACK / LOOKING AHEAD
REVIEW & EXPLORE
Evaluating Written Evidence: Columbus Describes His First Voyage
Thinking Like a Historian: Who Was Doña Marina?
Individuals in Society: Catarina de San Juan
Viewpoints: Aztec and Spanish Views on Christian Conversion in New Spain
Evaluating Visual Evidence: Andrés Sánchez Gallque, The Mulatto Gentlemen of Esmeraldas, 1599
 

Chapter 15: Absolutism and Constitutionalism, ca. 1589-1725
What were the crises and achievements of seventeenth-century European states?
      The Social Order and Peasant Life
      Environmental, Economic, and Social Crisis
      The Thirty Years' War
      State-Building and the Growth of Armies
      Baroque Art and Music
What was absolutism, and how did it evolve in western and central Europe?
      The Decline of Absolutist Spain in the Seventeenth Century
      The Foundations of French Absolutism
      Louis XIV and Absolutism
      Life at Versailles
      Louis XIV's Wars
      The French Economic Policy of Mercantilism
What explains the rise of absolutism in Prussia and Austria?
      The Return of Serfdom
      The Austrian Habsburgs
      Prussia in the Seventeenth Century
      The Consolidation of Prussian Absolutism
What were the distinctive features of Russian and Ottoman absolutism?
      Mongol Rule in Russia and the Rise of Moscow
      Building the Russian Empire
      The Reforms of Peter the Great
      The Ottoman Empire
What were alternatives to absolutism in early modern Europe?
      The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
      The Failure of Absolutism in England
      The Puritan Protectorate
      The Restoration of the English Monarchy
      Constitutional Monarchy
      The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century
LOOKING BACK / LOOKING AHEAD
REVIEW & EXPLORE
Thinking Like a Historian: What Was Absolutism?
Evaluating Written Evidence: Peter the Great and Foreign Experts
Individuals in Society: Hürrem
Viewpoints: Stuart Claims to Absolutism and the Parliamentary Response
Evaluating Visual Evidence: Gonzales Coques, The Young Scholar and His Wife, 1640
 

Chapter 16: Toward a New Worldview, 1540-1789
What revolutionary discoveries were made in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?
      Contributions from the Muslim World
      Scientific Thought to 1500
      The Copernican Hypothesis
      Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo: Proving Copernicus Right
      Newton's Synthesis
      Natural History and Empire
      Magic and Alchemy
What intellectual and social changes occurred as a result of the Scientific Revolution?
      The Methods of Science: Bacon and Descartes
      Medicine, the Body, and Chemistry
      Science and Religion
      Science and Society
How did the Enlightenment emerge, and what were major currents of Enlightenment thought?
      The Early Enlightenment
      The Influence of the Philosophes
      Enlightenment Movements Across Europe
How did the Enlightenment change social ideas and practices?
      Global Contacts
      Enlightenment Debates About Race
      Women and the Enlightenment
      Urban Culture and Life in the Public Sphere
What impact did new ways of thinking have on politics?
      Frederick the Great of Prussia
      Catherine the Great of Russia
      The Austrian Habsburgs
      Jewish Life and the Limits of Enlightened Absolutism
LOOKING BACK / LOOKING AHEAD
REVIEW & EXPLORE
Evaluating Written Evidence: Galileo Galilei, The Sidereal Messenger
Thinking Like a Historian: The Enlightenment Debate on Religious Tolerance
Viewpoints: Rousseau and Wollstonecraft Debate Women's Equality
Evaluating Visual Evidence: Léonard Defrance and the Public Sphere
Individuals in Society: Moses Mendelssohn and the Jewish Enlightenment
 

Chapter 17: The Expansion of Europe, 1650-1800
Why did European agriculture grow between 1650 and 1800?
      The Legacy of the Open-Field System
      New Methods of Agriculture
      The Leadership of the Low Countries and England
Why did the European population rise dramatically in the eighteenth century?
      Long-Standing Obstacles to Population Growth
      The New Pattern of the Eighteenth Century
      How and why did rural industry intensify in the eighteenth century?
      The Putting-Out System
      The Lives of Rural Textile Workers
      The Industrious Revolution
What important changes occurred in economic thought and practice in the eighteenth century?
      Economic Regulation and the Guilds
      The Financial Revolution
      Adam Smith and Economic Liberalism
      How did empire and trade shape new economic, cultural, and social developments?
      Mercantilism and Colonial Competition
      The Atlantic Economy
      The Transatlantic Slave Trade
      Identities and Communities of the Atlantic World
      The Atlantic Enlightenment
      Trade and Empire in Asia and the Pacific
LOOKING BACK / LOOKING AHEAD
REVIEW & EXPLORE
Evaluating Written Evidence: Thomas Malthus on the Limitation of Human Population
Thinking Like a Historian: Rural Industry: Progress or Exploitation?
Viewpoints: Opposing Views on Guilds and Economic Regulation
Evaluating Visual Evidence: New Ideas about Race and Identity
Individuals in Society: Rebecca Protten
 

Chapter 18: Life in the Era of Expansion, 1650-1800
How did marriage and family life change in the eighteenth century?
      Late Marriage and Nuclear Families
      Work Away from Home
      Contraception and Community Controls
      New Patterns of Marriage and Illegitimacy
      Sex on the Margins of Society
What was life like for children, and how did attitudes toward childhood evolve?
      Child Care and Nursing
      Foundlings and Infanticide
      Attitudes Toward Children
      The Spread of Elementary Schools
How did increasing literacy and new patterns of consumption affect people's lives?
      Popular Literature
      Leisure and Recreation
      New Foods and Appetites
      Toward a Consumer Society
What role did religion play in eighteenth-century society?
      Church Hierarchy
      Protestant Revival
      Catholic Piety
      Marginal Beliefs and Practices
How did the practice of medicine evolve in the eighteenth century?
      Faith Healing and General Practice
      Improvements in Surgery
      Midwifery
      The Conquest of Smallpox and the Birth of Vaccination
LOOKING BACK / LOOKING AHEAD
REVIEW & EXPLORE
Evaluating Written Evidence: A Day in the Life of Paris
Individuals in Society: Rose Bertin, "Minister of Fashion"
Thinking Like a Historian: A New Subjectivity
Evaluating Visual Evidence: Hogarth's Satirical View of the Church
Viewpoints: The Case for and Against Female Midwives
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Chapter 19: Revolutions in Politics, 1775-1815
What were the factors behind the revolutions of the late eighteenth century?
      Social Change
      Growing Demands for Liberty and Equality
      The Seven Years' War
Why and how did American colonists forge a new, independent nation?
      The Origins of the Revolution
      Independence from Britain
      Framing the Constitution
      Limitations of Liberty and Equality
How did the events of 1789 result in a constitutional monarchy in France?
      Breakdown of the Old Order
      The Formation of the National Assembly
      Popular Uprising and the Rights of Man
      A Constitutional Monarchy and Its Challenges
Why and how did the French Revolution take a radical turn?
      The International Response
      The Second Revolution and the New Republic
      Total War and the Terror
      The Thermidorian Reaction and the Directory
      How did Napoleon Bonaparte create a French empire, and why did it fail?
      Napoleon's Rule of France
      Napoleon's Expansion in Europe
      The Grand Empire and Its End
      How did slave revolt on colonial Saint-Domingue lead to the independent nation of Haiti?
      Revolutionary Aspirations in Saint-Domingue
      The Outbreak of Revolt
      The War of Haitian Independence
LOOKING BACK / LOOKING AHEAD
REVIEW & EXPLORE
Evaluating Written Evidence: Abigail Adams, "Remember the Ladies"
Thinking Like a Historian: The Rights of Which Men?
Viewpoints: Contrasting Visions of the Sans-Culottes
Evaluating Visual Evidence: Francisco Goya, The Third of May 1808
Individuals in Society: Vincent Ogé
 

Chapter 20: The Revolution in Energy and Industry, ca. 1780-1850
Why and how did the Industrial Revolution emerge in Britain?
Why Britain?
      Technological Innovations and Early Factories
      The Steam Engine Breakthrough
      Steam-Powered Transportation
      Industry and Population
      How did countries outside Britain respond to the challenge of industrialization?
      National and International Variations
      Industrialization in Continental Europe
      Agents of Industrialization
      The Global Picture
How did work and daily life evolve during the Industrial Revolution?
      Work in Early Factories
      Working Families and Children
      The New Sexual Division of Labor
      Living Standards for the Working Class
      Environmental Impacts of Industrialization
What were the social consequences of industrialization?
      The New Class of Factory Owners
      Responses to Industrialization
      The Early British Labor Movement
      The Impact of Slavery
LOOKING BACK / LOOKING AHEAD
REVIEW & EXPLORE
Individuals in Society: Samuel Crompton
Viewpoints: The Experience of Child Labor
Evaluating Visual Evidence: The Dinner Hour, Wigan
Thinking Like a Historian: Making the Industrialized Worker
Evaluating Written Evidence: Advice for Middle-Class Women
 

Chapter 21: Ideologies and Upheavals, 1815-1850
How was peace restored and maintained after the Napoleonic Wars?
      The European Balance of Power
      Metternich and Conservatism
      Repressing the Revolutionary Spirit
      Limits to Conservative Power and Revolution in South America
What new ideologies emerged to challenge conservatism?
      Liberalism and the Middle Class
      The Growing Appeal of Nationalism
      The First Socialists
      The Birth of Marxist Socialism
What were the characteristics of the Romantic movement?
      The Romantic Worldview
      Romantic Literature
      Romanticism in Art and Music
How did reforms and revolutions challenge conservatism after 1815?
      The Greek War of Independence
      Liberal Reform in Great Britain
      Ireland and the Great Famine
      The Revolution of 1830 in France
What were the main causes and consequences of the revolutions of 1848?
      A Democratic Republic in France
      Revolution and Reaction in the Austrian Empire
      Prussia, the German Confederation, and the Frankfurt National Assembly
LOOKING BACK / LOOKING AHEAD
REVIEW & EXPLORE
Evaluating Written Evidence: The Karlsbad Decrees: Conservative Reaction in the German Confederation
Thinking Like a Historian: The Republican Spirit in 1848
Individuals in Society: Mary Shelley
Evaluating Visual Evidence: Honoré Daumier, Gargantua, 1831
Viewpoints: Picturing Revolutionary Violence in 1848
 

Chapter 22: Life in the Emerging Urban Society, 1840-1914
What were the main changes in urban life in the nineteenth century?
      Industry and the Growth of Cities
      The Advent of the Public Health Movement
      The Bacterial Revolution
      Improvements in Urban Planning
      Public Transportation
How did class and gender reinforce social difference in the nineteenth century?     
      The Distribution of Income
      The People and Occupations of the Middle Classes
      The People and Occupations of the Working Classes
      Prostitution
      The Leisure Pursuits of the Working Classes
      Faith and Religion
How did urbanization affect family life and gender roles?
      Lifestyles of the Middle Classes
      Middle-Class Marriage and Courtship Rituals
      Middle- and Working-Class Sexuality
      Separate Spheres and the Importance of Homemaking
      Child Rearing
What were the most important changes in science and culture?
      The Triumph of Science in Industry
      Darwin and Natural Selection
      The Modern University and the Social Sciences
      Realism in Art and Literature
LOOKING BACK / LOOKING AHEAD
REVIEW & EXPLORE
Evaluating Written Evidence: First Impressions of the World's Biggest City
Evaluating Visual Evidence: Apartment Living in Paris
Individuals in Society: Franziska Tiburtius
Thinking Like a Historian: The Promise of Electricity
Viewpoints: Émile Zola and Naturalism/Realism in Western Literature
 

Chapter 23: The Age of Nationalism, 1850-1914
What were the main features of the authoritarian nation-state built by Napoleon III?
      France's Second Republic
      Napoleon III's Second Empire
How were strong nation-states forged in Italy, Germany, and the United States?
      The Unification of Italy
      The Austro-Prussian War
      Taming the German Parliament
      The Franco-Prussian War and German Unification
How did Russian and Ottoman leaders modernize their states and societies?
      The "Great Reforms" in Russia
      The Russian Revolution of 1905
      Reform and Readjustment in the Ottoman Empire
How did the relationship between government and the governed change after 1871?
      The Responsive National State
      The German Empire
      Republican France and the Third French Republic
      Great Britain and Ireland
      The Austro-Hungarian Empire
What were the costs and benefits of nationalism for ordinary people?
      Making National Citizens
      The Feminist Movement
      Nationalism and Racism
      Jewish Emancipation and Modern Anti-Semitism
How and why did revolutionary Marxism evolve in the late nineteenth century?
      The Socialist International
      Labor Unions and the Evolution of Working-Class Radicalism
      Marxist Revisionism
LOOKING BACK / LOOKING AHEAD
REVIEW & EXPLORE
Evaluating Visual Evidence: The Proclamation of the German Empire, January 1871
Evaluating Written Evidence: Eyewitness Account of Bloody Sunday
Thinking Like a Historian: How to Build a Nation
Individuals in Society: Theodor Herzl
Viewpoints: Marxist Revisionism
 

Chapter 24: The West and the World, 1815-1914
What were the global consequences of European industrialization?
      The Rise of Global Inequality
      The World Market
      Western Pressures on China
      Japan and the United States
      Western Intervention in Egypt
How was massive migration an integral part of Western expansion?
      The Pressure of Population
      European Emigration
      The Immigrant Experience in the United States
      Asian Emigration
How did the New Imperialism change Western colonialism?
      The European Presence in Africa Before 1880
      The Berlin Conference and the Scramble for Africa
      The British in Africa After 1885
      Imperialism in Asia
      Causes of the New Imperialism
      A "Civilizing Mission"
      Gender and Empire
      European Critics of Imperialism
How did non-Westerners respond to Western expansion?
      Impacts and Patterns of Response
      The British Empire in India
      Reforming Japan
      Toward Revolution in China
LOOKING BACK / LOOKING AHEAD
REVIEW & EXPLORE
Evaluating Written Evidence: Nativism in the United States
Evaluating Visual Evidence: European Imperialism at Its Worst
Individuals in Society: Cecil Rhodes
Viewpoints: White Man's Burden or Capitalist Exploitation?
Thinking Like a Historian: Women and Empire
 

Chapter 25: War and Revolution, 1914-1919
What caused the outbreak of the First World War?
      Growing International Conflict
      The Mood of 1914
      The July Crisis and the Outbreak of War
How did the First World War differ from previous wars?
      Stalemate and Slaughter on the Western Front
      The Widening War
      In what ways did the war transform life on the home front?
      Mobilizing for Total War
      The Social Impact of Total War
      Growing Political Tensions
Why did world war lead to a successful Communist revolution in Russia?
      The Fall of Imperial Russia
      The Provisional Government
      Lenin and the Bolshevik Revolution
      Trotsky and the Seizure of Power
      Dictatorship and Civil War
What were the benefits and costs of the postwar peace settlement?
      The End of the War
      Revolution in Austria-Hungary and Germany
      The Treaty of Versailles
      The Peace Settlement in the Middle East
      The Human Costs of the War
LOOKING BACK / LOOKING AHEAD
REVIEW & EXPLORE
Viewpoints: Poetry in the Trenches
Evaluating Visual Evidence: Wartime Propaganda Posters
Individuals in Society: Vera Brittain
Thinking Like a Historian: The Partition of the Ottoman Empire and the Mandate System
Evaluating Written Evidence: Peace, Land, and Bread for the Russian People
 

Chapter 26: Opportunity and Crisis in the Age of Modernity, 1880-1940
How did intellectual developments reflect the ambiguities of modernity?
      Modern Philosophy
      The Revival of Christianity
      The New Physics
      Freudian Psychology
How did modernism revolutionize Western culture?
      Architecture and Design
      New Artistic Movements
      Twentieth-Century Literature
      Modern Music
How did consumer society change everyday life?
      Modern Mass Culture
      The Appeal of Cinema
      The Arrival of Radio
What obstacles to lasting peace did European leaders face?
      Germany and the Western Powers
      Hope in Foreign Affairs
      Hope in Democratic Government
What were the causes and consequences of the Great Depression?
      The Economic Crisis
      Mass Unemployment
      The New Deal in the United States
      The Scandinavian Response to the Depression
      Recovery and Reform in Britain and France
LOOKING BACK / LOOKING AHEAD
REVIEW & EXPLORE
Evaluating Written Evidence: Friedrich Nietzsche Pronounces the Death of God
Individuals in Society: Sigmund Freud
Evaluating Visual Evidence: Georg Grosz, Eclipse of the Sun, 1926
Viewpoints: The Modern Girl: Image or Reality?
Thinking Like a Historian: The Radio Age
 

Chapter 27: Dictatorships and the Second World War, 1919-1945
What were the most important characteristics of Communist and Fascist ideologies?
      Conservative Authoritarianism and Radical Totalitarian Dictatorships
      Communism and Fascism
      The Spanish Civil War
How did Stalinism transform state and society in the Soviet Union?
      From Lenin to Stalin
      Stalin and the Nationalities Question
      The Five-Year Plans
      Life and Culture in Soviet Society
      The Great Purges and the Great Terror of 1937-38
What kind of government did Mussolini establish in Italy?
      The Seizure of Power
      The Fascist Regime in Action
What policies did Nazi Germany pursue, and why did they appeal to ordinary Germans?
      The Roots of National Socialism
      Hitler's Road to Power
      State and Society in Nazi Germany
      Popular Support for National Socialism
      Aggression and Appeasement
What explains the success and then defeat of Germany and Japan during World War II?
      German Victories in Europe
      Europe Under Nazi Occupation
      The Holocaust
      Japanese Empire and the War in the Pacific
      The Grand Alliance and the "Hinge of Fate"
      Allied Victory
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD
REVIEW & EXPLORE
Evaluating Written Evidence: Famine and Recovery on a Soviet Collective Farm in the Ukraine
Thinking Like a Historian: Normalizing Eugenics and "Racial Hygiene" in Nazi Germany
Evaluating Visual Evidence: Nazi Propaganda and Consumer Goods: The "People's Car"
Viewpoints: Oratory and Ideology in World War II
Individuals in Society: Primo Levi
 

Chapter 28: Cold War Conflict and Consensus, 1945-1965
Why was World War II followed so quickly by the Cold War?
      The Legacies of the Second World War
      The Peace Settlement and Cold War Origins
      West Versus East
      Big Science in the Nuclear Age
What were the sources of postwar recovery and stability in western Europe?
      The Search for Political and Social Consensus
      Toward European Unity
      The Consumer Revolution
What was the pattern of postwar development in the Soviet bloc?
      Postwar Life in the East Bloc
      Reform and De-Stalinization
      Foreign Policy and Domestic Rebellion
      The Limits of Reform
How did decolonization proceed in the Cold War era?
      Decolonization and the Global Cold War
      The Struggle for Power in Asia
      Independence and Conflict in the Middle East
      Decolonization in Africa
What were the key changes in social relations in postwar Europe?
      Changing Class Structures
      Patterns of Postwar Migration
      New Roles for Women
      Youth Culture and the Generation Gap
LOOKING BACK / LOOKING AHEAD
REVIEW & EXPLORE
Viewpoints: Cold War Propaganda
Evaluating Visual Evidence: "Building the Republic": Socialist Realism in Postwar East Berlin
Evaluating Written Evidence: De-Stalinization and Khrushchev's "Secret Speech"
Thinking Like a Historian: Violence and the Algerian War
Individuals in Society: Armando Rodrigues
 

Chapter 29: Challenging the Postwar Order, 1960-1991
Why did the postwar consensus of the 1950s break down?
      Cold War Tensions Thaw
      The Affluent Society
      The Counterculture Movement
      The United States and Vietnam
      Student Revolts and 1968
      The 1960s in the East Bloc
What were the consequences of economic stagnation in the 1970s?
      Economic Crisis and Hardship
      The New Conservatism
      Challenges and Victories for Women
      The Rise of the Environmental Movement
      Separatism and Right-Wing Extremism
What led to the decline of "developed socialism" in the East Bloc?
      State and Society in the East Bloc
      Dissent in Czechoslovakia and Poland
      From Détente Back to Cold War
      Gorbachev's Reforms in the Soviet Union
What were the causes and consequences of the 1989 revolutions in the East Bloc?
      The Collapse of Communism in the East Bloc
      German Unification and the End of the Cold War
      The Disintegration of the Soviet Union
LOOKING BACK / LOOKING AHEAD
REVIEW & EXPLORE
Evaluating Written Evidence: Human Rights Under the Helsinki Accords
Evaluating Visual Evidence: The Supermarket Revolution
Individuals in Society: Margaret Thatcher
Thinking Like a Historian: The New Environmentalism

A propos de l'auteur

Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks; Clare Haru Crowston; Joe Perry

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Crowston Clare, Clare Crowston, Clare Haru Crowston, Perry Joe, McKay John, John Mckay, John P. McKay, Joe Perry, Merry E Wiesner-Hanks, Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks, Wiesner-Hanks Merry E.
• Edition: Macmillan International Higher Education
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 15.11.2022
• EAN: 9781319343712
• ISBN: 978-1-319-34371-2
• Pages: 708
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 274 mm x 27 mm
• Poids: 1689 g
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Général, dictionnaires; HISTORY / World, General & world history, General and world history