Myrna ChaseMyrna Chase, Emerita Professor, Dean of Liberal Arts and Provost of Baruch College, City University of New York, is a specialist in 19th and 20th century western European history, with a special interest in England and France and the history of politcal and social ideas. She authored ELIE HALEVY: AN INTELLECTUAL BIOGRAPHY (1980). As coauthor of the Cengage Learning text WESTERN CIVILIZATION: IDEAS, POLITICS, AND SOCIETY, she contributes the chapters on the Industrial Revolution, the Industrial West and Imperialism. Read More Read Less