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A Concise Survey of Western Civilization 4th Edition by Brian A. Pavlac
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- ISBN
- 9781538171103
- Subject Area
- History
- Publication Name
- Concise Survey of Western Civilization, Combined Edition : Supremacies and Diversities Throughout History
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 10 in
- Subject
- Civilization, Ancient / General, Europe / Western
- Publication Year
- 2023
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.4 in
- Item Weight
- 44.9 Oz
- Item Width
- 7 in
- Number of Pages
- 600 Pages
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This book gives a brief, readable description of our common Western heritage. It covers the minimum historical information that educated adults should know within a tightly-focused narrative and interpretive structure. The joined terms "supremacies and diversities" develop major themes of conflict and creativity. "Supremacies" centers on the use of power to dominate societies, ranging from warfare to ideologies. Supremacy seeks stability, order, and incorporation. "Diversities" encompasses the creative impulse that produces new ideas, as well as people's efforts to define themselves as "different." Diversity creates change, opportunity, and individuality. These themes of historical tension and change, whether applied to political, economic, technological, social and cultural trends, offer a bridging explanatory organization. Five other topical themes regularly inform the text: technological innovation, migration and conquest, political and economic decision-making, church and state, and disputes about the meaning of life. Various "Basic Principles" present summaries of historical realities. Primary Source Projects and Sources on Families offer students the chance to evaluate differing points of view about the past. This text is less expensive, less formal, has more attitude, yet still provides all the essentials for a course on Western Civilization.
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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1538171104
ISBN-13
9781538171103
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2329416857
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
600 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Concise Survey of Western Civilization, Combined Edition : Supremacies and Diversities Throughout History
Publication Year
2023
Subject
Civilization, Ancient / General, Europe / Western
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
44.9 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
7 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
4
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2022-046333
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
This book is the way to go for a one-semester course: a text that's full, but not dense. It's well informed and intelligently written, yet still accessible. The big-picture approach combined with guided questions keep students on track, while the writing is lively, anecdotal, and illustrative--a nice balance of the forest and trees. The concise nature of the text makes it particularly suitable for online or condensed semesters., Written with the skill of a novelist, this book guides the reader step by step through the process of what a historian thinks, does, and interprets. Chapter content establishes the foundation for each future chapter with carefully selected questions, key word definitions, and ideas in bold type. This is the best-written textbook on Western civilization that I have had the pleasure to read in thirty-five years of teaching., Exceptionally well-written, engaging, and accessible. . . . Pavlac includes useful diagrams and charts throughout. . . that break down complex information into visual and easy-to-digest parts. . . . Perhaps the most important attribute of A Concise History Survey of Western Civilization is that this is a text that students would actually read and understand. For many history professors, the first and most fundamental struggle is getting students to read and furthermore to read critically. Thus, the fact that the book is one that students will read, become engaged with, and understand makes it a valuable resource to teachers of Western Civilization., The book's conciseness and reasonable cost are very attractive. For a single-semester course that spans the three millennia, I preferred this book to competing texts, which are just too long, with too many 'facts.' Pavlac's writing is also a plus. His informal tone and his skillful movement from paragraph to paragraph give his work a readability that my students like very much.
Grade from
College Freshman
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
909/.09821
Grade to
College Graduate Student
Lc Classification Number
Cb245.P38 2023
Table of Content
List of Diagrams, Figures, Maps, Primary Source Projects, Sources on Families, Tables, and Timelines Acknowledgments How to Use This Book 1. History's Story 2. Wanderers and Settlers: The Ancient Middle East to 400 BC 3. The Chosen People: Hebrews and Jews, 2000 BC to AD 135 4. Trial of the Hellenes: The Ancient Greeks, 1200 BC to AD 146 5. Imperium Romanum: The Romans, 753 BC to AD 300 6. The Revolutionary Rabbi: Christianity, the Roman Empire, and Islam, 4 BC to AD 1453 7. From Old Rome to the New West: The Early Middle Ages, AD 500 to 1000 8. The Medieval Mêlée: The High and Later Middle Ages, 1000 to 1500 9. Making the Modern World: The Renaissance and Reformation, 1400 to1648 10. Liberation of Mind and Body: Early Modern Europe, 1543 to 1815 11. Mastery of the Machine: The Industrial Revolution, 1764 to 1914 12. The Westerner's Burden: Imperialism and Nationalism, 1810 to 1918 13. Rejections of Democracy: The Interwar Years and World War II, 1917 to 1945 14. A World Divided: The Cold War, 1945 to 1993 15. Into the Future: The Contemporary Era, 1993 to the Present Epilogue: Why Western Civilization? Timelines Common Abbreviations Glossary Index About the Author
Copyright Date
2023
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