Western Civilization: Ideas, Politics, and Society, Comprehensive Edition

Marvin Perry, Margaret Jacob, James Jacob, Myrna Chase, Theodore Von Laue

Cengage Learning, Oct 29, 2008 - History - 976 pages

Western Civilization, 9/e covers the Western intellectual tradition and the significance of its ideas within a political history chronology. Known for its accessible writing style, this text appeals to students and instructors alike for its brevity, clarity, and careful selection of content including its enhanced focus on religion and philosophy. Updated with more recent scholarship, the Ninth Edition retains many popular features, including comparative timelines and full-color maps with physical geography essays. New technology resources, including an interactive eBook and CL HistorySpace with Eduspace, make learning more engaging and instruction more efficient.
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About the author

Myrna Chase, Emerita Professor, Dean of Liberal Arts and Provost of Baruch College, City University of New York, is a specialist in 19th and 20th century western European history, with a special interest in England and France and the history of political and social ideas. She authored ELIE HALEVY: AN INTELLECTUAL BIOGRAPHY (1980). As coauthor of the Cengage Learning text WESTERN CIVILIZATION: IDEAS, POLITICS, AND SOCIETY, she contributes the chapters on the Industrial Revolution, the Industrial West and Imperialism.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Western Civilization: Ideas, Politics, and Society, Comprehensive Edition
• Authors: Marvin Perry, Margaret Jacob, James Jacob, Myrna Chase, Theodore Von Laue
• Edition: 9
• Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2008
• ISBN: 0547147015, 9780547147017
• Length: 976 pages
• Subjects: Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / General; History / Civilization; History / General