Table of Contents

Part III: EARLY MODERN EUROPE: FROM RENAISSANCE TO ENLIGHTENMENT 1350-1789. 13. The Renaissance: Transition to the Modern Age. 14. The Reformation: The Shattering of Christian Unity. 15. European Expansion: Economic and Social Transformations. 16. The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State. 17. The Scientific Revolution: The Universe Seen as a Mechanism. 18. The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform. Part IV: AN AGE OF REVOLUTION: LIBERAL, NATIONAL, INDUSTRIAL 1789-1848. 19. The French Revolution: The Affirmation of Liberty and Equality. 20. The Industrial Revolution: The Great Transformation. 21. Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century. 22. Revolution and Counterrevolution, 1815-1848. Part V: AN AGE OF CONTRADICTION: PROGRESS AND BREAKDOWN 1848-1914. 23. Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: Realism and Social Criticism. 24. The Surge of Nationalism: From Liberal to Extreme Nationalism. 25. The Industrial West: Responses to Modernization. 26. Imperialism: Western Global Dominance. 27. Modern Consciousness: New Views of Nature, Human Nature, and the Arts. Part VI: WORLD WARS AND TOTALITARIANISM: THE WEST IN CRISIS 1914-1945. 28. World War I: The West in Despair. 29. An Era of Totalitarianism. 30. Thought and Culture in an Era of World Wars and Totalitarianism. 31. World War II: Western Civilization in the Balance. Part VII: THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD. 32. Europe After World War II: Recovery and Realignment, 1945-1989. 33. The Troubled Present.

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."..Perry has a fine overarching plan for this textbook and he does an excellent job of tying the themes together, transitioning from one to the next; comparing and contrasting--it's obvious to me that he brings many years of fine teaching to this project.... I find his presentation really compelling, nicely thought out, nicely integrated, really well done. He also does a great job of giving a sympathetic telling to each system of thought. And the writing is really great - clear, clean, artistic, even."

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