Civilization : a new history of the western world / Roger Osborne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Osborne, Roger.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Western--History.

Civilization, Western.

Physical Description:

xi, 532 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Pegasus Books, c2006.

Summary:

Tying together the histories of empires, art, philosophy, science, and politics, this work includes the events and people in the history of the western world from the siege of Troy to the Gettysburg address.

Contents:

In the beginning : prehistory and illiterate societies

A torrent of words : change and custom in classical Greece

The birth of abstraction : Plato, Aristotle, and the rational mind

The universal civilization : Rome and the barbarians

Augustine's vision of Christianity : from rebel sect to universal faith

Religion as civilization : the establishment of Western Christendom

Another way of living : the medieval town and communal life

Art as civilization : wealth, power, and innovation in the Italian Renaissance

The search for the Christian life : the European Reformation as a new beginning

Kings, armies, and nations : the rise of the military state

Us and them : colonization and slavery

The rational individual : theory and practice in making society

Enlightenment and revolution : politics and reason in France and America

Industrialization and nationalism : British dominance and the ideology of freedom

From rural colonies to industrial continent : the making of modern America

Towards the abyss : technology, ideology, apocalypse

The end of civilization : Depression, extremism, and genocide in Europe, America, and Asia

The post-war world : from social cohesion to global marketplace.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [493]-506) and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Miller fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9781933648194

1933648198

OCLC:

75428037