Western Civilization: A Concise History Volume 3

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brooks, Christopher, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History--Textbooks.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Portland, Oregon Portland Community College 2020.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Western Civilization: A Concise History​ is an Open Educational Resource textbook covering the history of Western Civilization from approximately 8,000 BCE to 2017 CE. It is available in three volumes covering the following time periods and topics: Volume 1: from the origins of civilization in Mesopotamia c. 8,000 BCE through the early Middle Ages in Europe c. 1,000 CE. Volume 1 covers topics including Mesopotamia,Egypt, Persia, Greece, Rome, the Islamic caliphates, and the early European Middle Ages. Volume 2: from the early Middle Ages to the French Revolution in 1789 CE. Volume 2covers topics including the High Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the European conquest of the Americas, the Reformation, the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment. Volume 3: from the Napoleonic era to the recent past. Volume 3 covers topics including the Industrial Revolution, the politics of Europe in the nineteenth century, modern European imperialism, the world wars, fascism, Nazism, and the Holocaust, the postwar era, the Cold War, and recent developments in economics and politics.

Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1: Napoleon

Chapter 2: The Industrial Revolution

Chapter 3: Political Ideologies and Movements

Chapter 4: The Politics of the Nineteenth Century

Chapter 5: Culture, Science, and Pseudo-Science

Chapter 6: Imperialism

Chapter 7: World War I

Chapter 8: The Early Twentieth Century

Chapter 9: Fascism

Chapter 10: World War II

Chapter 11: The Holocaust

Chapter 12: The Soviet Union and the Cold War

Chapter 13: Postwar Conflict

Chapter 14: Postwar Society

Chapter 15: Toward the Present

Notes:

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