Western
Civilization
A Global and Comparative
Approach
Volume II: Since 1600
Kenneth L. Campbell
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Western Civilization
A Comparative and Global Approach, Volume II: Since 1600
Kenneth L. Campbell, Monmouth University
Featuring the one author, one voice approach, this text is ideal for instructors who do not wish to neglect the importance
of non-Western perspectives on the study of the past. The book is a brief, affordable presentation providing a coherent
examination of the past from ancient times to the present. Religion, everyday life, and transforming moments are the three
themes employed to help make the past interesting, intelligible, and relevant to contemporary students. Readers will find
an emphasis on interpretation and analysis as opposed to straightforward presentation of information. Another important
feature of this text is the focus on a comparative approach that provides students with a greater understanding of the West
through comparisons with other civilizations and cultures. Also included are Original Source boxes as well as web links to
additional and complementary information.
Selected Contents:
List of Tables, Maps, and Charts
List of Illustrations
1. Absolutism and Political Revolution in the Seventeenth Century
Introduction • Shaping Moment: The Assassination of Henry IV and the Rise of French Absolutism • Absolutism in France under Louis XIV •
The Habsburgs in Spain and Austria • Absolute Government in Prussia and Russia • Absolute Government in East and West: Manchu China and
Monarchical Europe • Shaping Moment: The Execution of Charles I and the Struggle against Absolute Government in Britain • Political Conflict
and Development in the Netherlands • War and Political Consciousness in the Seventeenth Century • Conclusion
2. The Scientific Revolution and Changes in Thought and Society in the Seventeenth Century
Introduction • Shaping Moment: Copernicus's On the Revolution of the Heavenly Bodies and the Scientific Revolution • Political Thought in the
Seventeenth Century • Art and Literature in the Seventeenth Century • Everyday Life and Social Conditions in Seventeenth Century Europe •
Early Modern India: Thought, Culture, and Social Change • Conclusion
3. The Enlightenment, 1715-89
Introduction • Changing Attitudes toward Religion and the Church • Changing Attitudes toward Political Authority and the State • Changing
Attitudes toward Society and Women • Changing Attitudes toward Nature and Art • Changing Attitudes toward Human Nature and Slavery •
Africa and the Slave Trade • The Shaping of the Past: Population Growth and Social Change in England • Social, Economic, and Political
Discontent in France • Enlightened Despotism in the Austrian Empire • Frederick the Great and the Rise of Prussia • Catherine the Great and
Enlightened Despotism in Russia • Enlightened Despotism: A Contradiction in Terms? • Conclusion
4. The Age of Revolution in France and the Americas, 1775-1815
Introduction • The Shaping of the American Revolution • The Shaping of the Past: The Storming of the Bastille and the Early Stages of the French
Revolution • Popular Participation in the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror • The Rise of Napoleon and the Impact of the French
Revolution on Europe • Napoleonic Rule in France and the Napoleonic Wars in Europe • The Shaping of the Past: Napoleon's Decision to Invade
Russia • Colonial Empire in Latin America • Rebellion and Revolution in Latin America • Conclusion
5. Revolution, Reaction, and Ideology from Napoleon to 1848
Introduction • The Congress of Vienna • The Legacy of the French Revolution and Napoleon • The Shaping of the Industrial Revolution in
Britain • The Spread of the Industrial Revolution • India in the Nineteenth Century • Cultural and Ideological Movements of the Post Napoleonic
Period • The Revolutions of 1848 • Conclusion
6. Cultural Interaction between Europe and the World in the Nineteenth Century
Introduction • Imperialism in the first half of the Nineteenth Century • The Foundations of British Rule in India • War and Conflict in India •
Imperialism and Indian Society in the Nineteenth Century • China's Intellectual and Political Response to the West • The Opium Wars •
The Shaping of the Past: The Taiping Rebellion • China's Resistance to Change • The New Treaty System and the Further Opening of China •
The Rise of Modern Japan • Russian Expansion in the Caucasus and Central Asia • The Emergence of the United States as a National Power •
Africa and the West • Conclusion
7. Europe and the West in the Age of Nationalism and Reform, 1848-1914
Introduction • Italian and German Unification • French Nationalism under Napoleon III and the Third French Republic • The Effects of
Nationalism in the Habsburg Empire, the United States, and Ireland • Social Change, Political Reform, and the Struggle for Women's Rights •
The Decline of Serfdom and Slavery • European Thought and Culture • Conclusion: Mass Emigration from Europe at the End of the Nineteenth
Century
8. World War I and the Russian Revolution, ca. 1900-1924
Introduction • Systems of Alliances • Crises in North Africa and the Balkans • Early Twentieth-Century Russia • The Shaping of the Past: August
1914 • The Nature of the War in Europe • The Home Fronts • The Russian Revolutions of 1917 • The Russian Civil War and Lenin's New
Economic Policy • The Middle East • Conclusion
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9. The Aftermath of World War I, 1919-1929
Introduction • The Economic Consequences of the War • The Peace Settlement and Its Consequences • The Acceleration of Political Change •
Political Change, Nationalism, and Revolution in Latin America • Literary Responses to World War I • The Shaping of the Past: Cubism and the
Artistic Response to the War • Society, Popular Culture, and Everyday Life in the 1920s • Conclusion
10. The Crisis of the Interwar Years, 1919-1939
Introduction • Fascist Rule and Society in Italy • The Shaping of the Past: The Crash of 1929 and the Beginnings of the Great Depression •
The Shaping of Soviet Communism under Stalin • The Shaping of National Socialism under Hitler • Social Change and Revolution in China •
Conclusion
11. World War II and its Aftermath, 1939-1949
Introduction • The Beginnings of World War II • German Conquests in the East and West • The Shaping of the Past: The Battle of Britain and the
Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor • The German Invasion of the Soviet Union • The Impact of the War on the Home Front and the Nature of the
War • Effects of Total War: Civilian Casualties and the Holocaust • The Impact of World War II on India and Africa • Post-War Uncertainties •
Conclusion
12. The Cold War and the Post-War Era, 1945-1960
Introduction • The Impact of the Marshall Plan • European Reconstruction and Unification • The Shaping of the Cold War • The Korean War and
McCarthyism in the United States • Three Crises of 1956 • New Direction in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe • Everyday Life in the Soviet
Union and Eastern Europe • Shaping Moment: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich: Alexander Solzhenitsyn and the Critique of the Soviet
Union • Life in Democracies and Dictatorships in Latin America • Conclusion
13. The Pivotal 1960s
Introduction • Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Cuban Missile Crisis • The Arms Race and the Space Race • The Civil Rights Movement in the
United States • Women in the Post-War World • Cultural Change and the Challenges of Youth • Shaping Moment: The Beatles' Sergeant
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band • The Vietnam War • Protests in East and West in 1968 • The Beginning of the "Troubles" in Northern
Ireland • Jews in Post-war Europe and Israel • Conclusion
14. Democracies and Dictatorships, 1970-1989
Introduction • Communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union • The Evolution of the European Community • The Problems, Survival, and
Revival of Western Europe • The Shaping of the People's Republic of China, 1949-1976 • China After Mao • Brezhnev, Nixon, Ford, Carter, and
Dtente • Reagan and the Evil Empire • Shaping Moment: The Accession of Mikhael Gorbachev • The End of the Cold War • Conclusion
15. After the Cold War: The West and the Contemporary World
Introduction • Shaping Moment: Lech Walesa and the Fall of Communism in Poland • Revolutions in Eastern Europe, the Democracy
Movement, and the Decline of the Soviet Union • Social, Cultural, and Political Changes in Western Europe • Environmental and Health Issues
in Diverse Countries: India, Russia, Japan, and Germany • Conclusion • Epilogue: The Shaping of the Past and the Challenge of the Future
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