Part I: THE ANCIENT WORLD. 1. People Before History. 2. Mesopotamia and Its Cities. 3. Egypt of the Pharaohs. 4. Other Peoples in the Ancient Near East. 5. Art and Belief in the Ancient World. 6. The Structure and Economic Life of Ancient Society. Part II: CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY. 7. The Emergence of Greece: From Bronze to Iron. 8. The Greeks in the Archaic Era. 9. The Greek World in Conflict: The Peloponnesian War and Its Aftermath. 10. The Classical Vision. 11. The Life and Commerce of Classical Greece. 12. Alexander and the Hellenistic Age. 13. The Rise of Rome. 14. Romans of the Republic. 15. The Collapse of the Roman Republic. 16. The Empire: From Augustus to Marcus Aurelius. 17. Politics and the Arts: Roman Imperial Culture. 18. Daily Life in the Roman World. 19. Christianity and the Crisis of Empire. Part III: MEDIEVAL EUROPE. 20. Politics After Rome: The Germanic Kingdoms. 21. Early Medieval Christianity. 22. Byzantium: The Eastern Empire. 23. Europe and Islam. 24. The First Europe: The West in the Age of Charlemagne. 25. The Social Order of Medieval Europe. 26. The Feudal Monarchies. 27. The Militant Church: Reform and the Papacy. 28. Scholars, Troubadours, and Builders. 29. Monarchy and Its Limits: Government in the High Middle Ages. 30. Art and Ideas in the Gothic Age. 31. The Fourteenth Century: Stress and Change in European Society. 32. The Late Middle Ages. Part IV: THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION. 33. The Age of the New Monarchs. 34. Power and Culture in Renaissance Italy. 35. The Visual Arts of the Italian Renaissance. 36. Arts and Letters in Renaissance Europe. 37. Upheaval and Transformation in Eastern Europe. 38. The Era of Reconnaissance. 39. The Reformation. 40. The Social Worlds of the Renaissance and Reformation. Part V: THE EARLY MODERN WORLD. 41. Catholic Reform and the Counter-Reformation. 42. Catholic Spain and the Struggle for Supremacy. 43. Crown and Parliament in Tudor-Stuart England. 44. Religious War and the Ascendancy of the French Monarchy. 45. Patterns of Life in a Time of Upheaval. 46. The European Economy and Overseas Empire. 47. The Baroque Era. Part VI: THE OLD REGIME. 48. The Scientific Revolution and Western Thought. 49. Southern Europe: Spain, Italy, and the Mediterranean. 50. Absolute Monarchy: Louis XIV and the Divine Right of Kings. 51. England and the Rise of Constitutional Monarchy. 52. Central Europe and the Shifting Balance of Power. 53. The Baltic and Eastern Europe in Transition. 54. The Culture of the Old Regime. 55. Europe and the World Economy. 56. The Global Conflict: Wars for Empire. 57. European Society in the Eighteenth Century. 58. The Age of Reason. Part VII: THE MODERN AGE. 59. The Politics of Enlightenment: Europe and America. 60. The Industrial Revolution. 61. Revolution in France: Liberty, Terror, Reaction. 62. Europe in the Napoleonic Era. 63. Restoration and Resistance in the Age of Metternich. 64. The New Social Order: Workers, Women, and the Middle Class. 65. The Romantic Vision: Art and Culture in a Revolutionary World. 66. Thought and Action: The Revolutions of 1848. 67. The Liberal State: Domestic Politics in Britain and France. 68. Austria and Russia: Conservatism Entrenched. 69. Diplomacy and War: The Age of Nation Building. 70. Technology and the European Economy. 71. Middle-Class Values and Working-Class Realities. 72. Arts, Ideas, and Social Consciousness. 73. Politics and National Development in Europe, 1870-1914. 74. The Crisis of Empire in Eastern Europe. 75. Europe, the United States, and the World Economy. 76. The Drive for Empire: European Imperialism in Asia and Africa. 77. The Social Order Challenged. 78. Society in Transition: The Modernization of Europe. 79. Art and Science: The Modernist Revolution. Part VIII: THE CONTEMPORARY ERA. 80. The Great War. 81. Radical Extremes: The Russian Revolution and the Rise of Fascism. 82. The European Economy: Boom and Bust. 83. Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin: The Totalitarian Nightmare. 84. The Western Democracies and Eastern Europe. 85. Social Values and the Lost Generation. 86. Civilization and Its Discontents: Psychoanalysis and the Arts. 87. The Road to War. 88. The Second World War. 89. The End of Empire: Decolonization and the Third World. 90. The Politics of Stability in Western Europe. 91. The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. 92. Mobility and Social Change: Toward the Consumer Society. 93. Culture in the Age of Uncertainty. 94. The Path Toward European Integration. 95. Epilogue: Facing the Twenty-First Century. Glossary. Index.
A native of England, John J. Reich was trained as a classical archaeologist and did both his undergraduate and graduate work at the University of Manchester. He is an authority on Minoan civilization, pre-Roman Italy, and music. Professor Reich is associated with the Syracuse University study program in Florence, Italy. Reich lectures frequently in Europe and the United States on history, art, and the humanities and is the author of many scholarly articles and several books, including ITALY BEFORE ROME (1979). Born in New York City, Philip V. Cannistraro is an authority on modern Italian history and the Italian-American experience. He studied in both the undergraduate and graduate programs at New York University and is now Distinguished Professor at Queens College and at the Graduate School, the City University of New York. Professor Cannistraro serves on the boards of several journals and is editor of THE ITALIAN AMERICAN REVIEW. He has written or edited a number of books, including CIVILIZATION OF THE WORLD (with R. Greaves, R. Murphey, and R. Zaller, 3/e., 1997), LA FABBRICA DEL CONSENSO: FASCISMO E MASS MEDIA (1975), FASCISMO, CHIESA E EMIGRAZIONE with G. Rosoli, 1979), HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF FASCIST ITALY (1981), and IL DUCE'S OTHER WOMAN, a biography of Margherita Sarfatti (with B. Sullivan, 1993).
Part I: THE ANCIENT WORLD. 1. People Before History. 2. Mesopotamia and Its Cities. 3. Egypt of the Pharaohs. 4. Other Peoples in the Ancient Near East. 5. Art and Belief in the Ancient World. 6. The Structure and Economic Life of Ancient Society. Part II: CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY. 7. The Emergence of Greece: From Bronze to Iron. 8. The Greeks in the Archaic Era. 9. The Greek World in Conflict: The Peloponnesian War and Its Aftermath. 10. The Classical Vision. 11. The Life and Commerce of Classical Greece. 12. Alexander and the Hellenistic Age. 13. The Rise of Rome. 14. Romans of the Republic. 15. The Collapse of the Roman Republic. 16. The Empire: From Augustus to Marcus Aurelius. 17. Politics and the Arts: Roman Imperial Culture. 18. Daily Life in the Roman World. 19. Christianity and the Crisis of Empire. Part III: MEDIEVAL EUROPE. 20. Politics After Rome: The Germanic Kingdoms. 21. Early Medieval Christianity. 22. Byzantium: The Eastern Empire. 23. Europe and Islam. 24. The First Europe: The West in the Age of Charlemagne. 25. The Social Order of Medieval Europe. 26. The Feudal Monarchies. 27. The Militant Church: Reform and the Papacy. 28. Scholars, Troubadours, and Builders. 29. Monarchy and Its Limits: Government in the High Middle Ages. 30. Art and Ideas in the Gothic Age. 31. The Fourteenth Century: Stress and Change in European Society. 32. The Late Middle Ages. Part IV: THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION. 33. The Age of the New Monarchs. 34. Power and Culture in Renaissance Italy. 35. The Visual Arts of the Italian Renaissance. 36. Arts and Letters in Renaissance Europe. 37. Upheaval and Transformation in Eastern Europe. 38. The Era of Reconnaissance. 39. The Reformation. 40. The Social Worlds of the Renaissance and Reformation. Part V: THE EARLY MODERN WORLD. 41. Catholic Reform and the Counter-Reformation. 42. Catholic Spain and the Struggle for Supremacy. 43. Crown and Parliament in Tudor-Stuart England. 44. Religious War and the Ascendancy of the French Monarchy. 45. Patterns of Life in a Time of Upheaval. 46. The European Economy and Overseas Empire. 47. The Baroque Era. Part VI: THE OLD REGIME. 48. The Scientific Revolution and Western Thought. 49. Southern Europe: Spain, Italy, and the Mediterranean. 50. Absolute Monarchy: Louis XIV and the Divine Right of Kings. 51. England and the Rise of Constitutional Monarchy. 52. Central Europe and the Shifting Balance of Power. 53. The Baltic and Eastern Europe in Transition. 54. The Culture of the Old Regime. 55. Europe and the World Economy. 56. The Global Conflict: Wars for Empire. 57. European Society in the Eighteenth Century. 58. The Age of Reason. Part VII: THE MODERN AGE. 59. The Politics of Enlightenment: Europe and America. 60. The Industrial Revolution. 61. Revolution in France: Liberty, Terror, Reaction. 62. Europe in the Napoleonic Era. 63. Restoration and Resistance in the Age of Metternich. 64. The New Social Order: Workers, Women, and the Middle Class. 65. The Romantic Vision: Art and Culture in a Revolutionary World. 66. Thought and Action: The Revolutions of 1848. 67. The Liberal State: Domestic Politics in Britain and France. 68. Austria and Russia: Conservatism Entrenched. 69. Diplomacy and War: The Age of Nation Building. 70. Technology and the European Economy. 71. Middle-Class Values and Working-Class Realities. 72. Arts, Ideas, and Social Consciousness. 73. Politics and National Development in Europe, 1870?1914. 74. The Crisis of Empire in Eastern Europe. 75. Europe, the United States, and the World Economy. 76. The Drive for Empire: European Imperialism in Asia and Africa. 77. The Social Order Challenged. 78. Society in Transition: The Modernization of Europe. 79. Art and Science: The Modernist Revolution. Part VIII: THE CONTEMPORARY ERA. 80. The Great War. 81. Radical Extremes: The Russian Revolution and the Rise of Fascism. 82. The European Economy: Boom and Bust. 83. Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin: The Totalitarian Nightmare. 84. The Western Democracies and Eastern Europe. 85. Social Values and the Lost Generation. 86. Civilization and Its Discontents: Psychoanalysis and the Arts. 87. The Road to War. 88. The Second World War. 89. The End of Empire: Decolonization and the Third World. 90. The Politics of Stability in Western Europe. 91. The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. 92. Mobility and Social Change: Toward the Consumer Society. 93. Culture in the Age of Uncertainty. 94. The Path Toward European Integration. 95. Epilogue: Facing the Twenty-First Century. Glossary. Index.
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