Western Civilization: The Continuing Experiment - Since 1560The Brief Edition of Western Civilization presents a strong chronological and political framework and seamlessly integrates the social and cultural forces that have shaped the western past. Two related themes are pursued throughout: 1) Europe in relation to the rest of the world and non-Western influences, and 2) power in all its senses, public and private; economic, social, cultural, and political; symbolic and real. |
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Contents | 328 |
Europe in the Age of Religious War 15551648 | 331 |
Coping with Poverty and Violence | 334 |
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Western Civilization: The Continuing Experiment, Brief Edition Thomas F. X. Noble,Duane J. Osheim,Kristen B. Neuschel No preview available - 2002 |
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