About the Book
A social history within a political and cultural framework, "The West in the World" looks at the development of western civilization within the context of the rest of the world. Rather than treating the evolution of western civilization as an isolated event, Sherman and Salisbury examine how the west evolved in time with - and often, as a response to - the events that shaped civilization around the globe. In addition to setting the history of western civilization in context, this ground breaking new text distinguishes itself from standard survey texts by being the first to fully integrate visual history with traditional narrative style. Readers glimpse the true craft of the historian through integrated discussion of the visual program in the book. Throughout the text, the authors address how the paintings, sculptures and other art of the times serve as primary sources in informing the reader about that period in history.
Table of Contents:
List of Maps Preface List of Maps Preface CHAPTER 1 The Roots of Western Civilization: The Ancient Middle East to 500 B.C. Before Western Civilization Struggling with the Forces of Nature: Mesopotamia, 3000-ca. 1000 B.C. Rule of the God-King: Ancient Egypt, ca. 3100-1000 B.C. Biography Hatshepsut (1504?-1482 B.C.) and Thutmose Merchants and Monotheists: People of the Mediterranean Coast, ca. 1300-500 B.C. Terror and Benevolence: The Growth of Empires, 1200-500 B.C. Summary Timeline: A Closer Look Review, Analyze, and Anticipate Beyond the Classroom CHAPTER 2 The Contest for Excellence: Greece 2000-338 B.C. The Rise and Fall of Ancient Heroes Life in the Greek Poleis, 700-489 B.C. Imperial Athens, 489-431 B.C. Destruction, Disillusion, and a Search for Meaning Biography Alcibiades (ca. 450-404 B.C.) Timeline: A Closer Look Summary Review, Analyze, and Anticipate Beyond the Classroom CHAPTER 3 The Poleis Become Cosmopolitan: The Hellenistic World 323-150 B.C. The Conquest of the Poleis The Successor Kingdoms, 323-ca. 100 B.C. East Meets West in the Successor Kingdoms The Search for Truth: Hellenistic Thought, Religion, and Science Biography Arsinoi II Summary Timeline: A Closer Look Review, Analyze, and Anticipate Beyond the Classroom CHAPTER 4 Pride in Family and City: Rome from Its Origins Through the Republic, 753-44 B.C. The Rise of Rome , 753-265 B.C. Expansion and Transformation, 265-133 B.C. Biography Publius Terentius Afer (ca. 190-159 B.C.) The Hellenizing of the Republic The Twilight of the Republic Summary Timeline: A Closer Look Review, Analyze, and Anticipate Beyond the Classroom CHAPTER 5 Territorial and Christian Empires: The Roman Empire, 31 B.C. to A.D. 410 The Pax Romana- 27 B.C. to A.D. 192 Life During the Peace of Rome Crisis and Transformation, A.D. 192-ca. 400 The Longing for Religious Fulfillment From Christian Persecution to the City of God, A.D. 64-410 The Holy Life Biography Melanie the Younger (385-439?) Timeline: A Closer Look Summary Review, Analyze, and Anticipate Beyond the Classroom CHAPTER 6 A World Divided: Western Kingdoms, Byzantium, and the Islamic World ca. 376-1000 The Making of the Western Kingdoms, ca. 376-750 The Byzantine Empire, ca. 400-1000 Islam, 600-1000 Islam and the West Biography Avicenna (Ibn Sina) (980-1037) Summary Timeline: A Closer Look Review, Analyze, and Anticipate Beyond the Classroom CHAPTER 7 The Struggle to Restore Order: The Middle Ages, ca. 750-1000 Bringing Order with Laws and Leadership Anglo-Saxon England: Forwarding Learning and Law Charlemagne and the Carolingians: A New European Empire Struggle for Order in the Church Order Interrupted: Vikings and Other Invaders Biography Dhuoda, Bernard, and William, ca. 840 Manors and Feudal Ties: Order Emerging from Chaos Timeline: A Closer Look Summary Review, Analyze, and Anticipate Beyond the Classroom CHAPTER 8 Order Perfected: The High Middle Ages, 1000-1300 Those Who Work: Agricultural Labor Those Outside the Order: Town Life Biography Ramon Lull (1232?-1316) Those Who Fight: Nobles and Kings The Rise of Centralized Monarchies Those Who Pray: Imperial Popes and Expanding Christendom Timeline: A Closer Look Summary Review, Analyze, and Anticipate Beyond the Classroom CHAPTER 9 Despair in the West, Empires in the East: The Last Middle Ages, ca. 1300-1500 Economic and Social Misery Imperial Papacy Besieged More Destruction: The Hundred Year' War Biography Edward: The Black Prince, 1330-1376 Responses to Disaster and Despair Empires in the East Summary Timeline: A Closer Look Review, Analyze, and Anticipate Beyond the Classroom CHAPTER 10 A New Spirit in the West: The Renaissance, ca. 1300-1640 A New Spirit Emerges: Individualism, Realism, and Activism Biography Isabella d'Este (1474-1539) The Politics of Individual Effort Individualism as Self-Interest: Life During the Renaissance An Age of Talent and Beauty: Renaissance Culture and Science Renaissance of the "New Monarchies" of the North Summary Timeline: A Closer Look Review, Analyze, and Anticipate Beyond the Classroom CHAPTER 11 "Alone Before God": Religious Reform and Warfare 1500-1648 The Clash of Dynasties Biography Martin Guerre (1524-1594) A Tide of Religious Reform The Catholic Reformation Europe Erupts Again: A Century of Religious Warfare, 1559-1648 Life After the Reformation Timeline: A Closer Look Summary Review, Analyze, and Anticipate Beyond the Classroom CHAPTER 12 Faith, Fortune, and Fame: European Expansion, 1450-1700 The World Imagined The World Discovered Confrontation of Cultures The World Market and the Commercial Revolution The World Transformed Biography Maria Sibylla Mertan (1647-1717) Summary Timeline: A Closer Look Review, Analyze, and Anticipate Beyond the Classroom CHAPTER 13 The Struggle for Survival and Sovereignty: Europe's Social and Political Order 1600-1715 Stresses in Traditional Society Royal Absolutism in France The Struggle for Sovereignty in Eastern Europe The Triumph of Constitutionalism Biography Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) Timeline: A Closer Look Summary Review, Analyze, and Anticipate Beyond the Classroom CHAPTER 14 A New World of Reason and Reform: The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, 1600-1800 Questioning Truth and Authority Developing a Modern Scientific View Supporting and Spreading Science Laying the Foundations for the Enlightenment The Enlightenment in Full Stride Biography Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) Timeline: A Closer Look Summary Review, Analyze, and Anticipate Beyond the Classroom CHAPTER 15 Competing for Power and Wealth: The Old Regime, 1715-1789 Statebuilding and War GLOBAL CONNECTIONS: Western Africa, Brazil, and the Atlantic Slave Trade The Twilight of Monarchies? The Question of Enlightened Absolutism Changes in Country and City Life The Culture of the Elite: Combining the Old and the New Biography Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Culture for the Lower Classes Foreshadowing Upheaval: The American Revolution Timeline: A Closer Look Summary Review, Analyze, and Anticipate Beyond the Classroom CHAPTER 16 Overturning the Political and Social Order: The French Revolution and Napoleon 1789-1815 "A Great Ferment": Trouble Brewing in France The Constitutional Monarchy: Establishing a New Order To the Radical republic and Back Biography Manon Roland (1754-1793) Napoleon Bonaparte Summary Timeline: A Closer Look Review, Analyze, and Anticipate Beyond the Classroom
About the Author :
Dennis Sherman is Professor of History at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, the City University of New York. He received his B.A. (1962) and J.D. (1965) degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and his Ph.D. (1970) from the University of Michigan . . He was Visiting Professor at the University of Paris (1978-79; 1985). He has received the Ford Foundation Prize Fellowship, the Council for Research on Economic History fellowship, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities. His publications include A Short History of Western Civilization, 8th edition (co-author); Western Civilization: Sources, Images, and Interpretations, 5th edition; World Civilizations: Sources, Images, and Interpretations, 2nd Edition (co-author); a series of introductions in the Garland Library of War and Peace; several articles and reviews on nineteenth-century French economic and social history in American and European journals, and short stories on literary reviews. Joyce Salisbury is Frankenthal Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay where she has taught undergraduates for almost twenty years. She received a PhD in medieval history from Rutgers University in New Jersey. Salisbury is a respected historian who has published many articles and has written or edited eight books, including the critically acclaimed Perpetua's Passion: Death and Memory of a Young Roman Woman, and The Beast Within: Animals in the Middle Ages. Professor Salisbury is also an award-winning teacher, who was named "Professor of the Year for Wisconsin in 1991" by CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education), a prestigious national organization.
