Western Civilization: The Continuing Experiment, Volume 1The 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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... continued to be the center of lively political debate . Salons continued to meet ; academies and private societies prolifer- ated . Deputies to the Assembly swelled the ranks . of these societies or helped to found new ones . Several ...
... continued to be the center of lively political debate . Salons continued to meet ; academies and private societies prolifer- ated . Deputies to the Assembly swelled the ranks . of these societies or helped to found new ones . Several ...
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... continued to push for accommodation with Italy , hoping to revive the " Stresa Front " against Hitler . Some even defended Italian imperialism in East Africa . But Italy continued its drift toward Germany . Late in 1936 Mussolini spoke ...
... continued to push for accommodation with Italy , hoping to revive the " Stresa Front " against Hitler . Some even defended Italian imperialism in East Africa . But Italy continued its drift toward Germany . Late in 1936 Mussolini spoke ...
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... continued to inspire a measure of genuine ideal- ism during his lifetime . But by the 1970s the Soviet system had settled into narrow routine or outright corruption . Its major functionaries were increas- ingly a class apart , enjoying ...
... continued to inspire a measure of genuine ideal- ism during his lifetime . But by the 1970s the Soviet system had settled into narrow routine or outright corruption . Its major functionaries were increas- ingly a class apart , enjoying ...
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Preface xvii | 689 |
Maps | 691 |
Chronologies Genealogies and Charts | 692 |
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