Western Civilization Beyond Boundaries, Volume II Since 1560 7th Edition, Kindle Edition

Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Statement......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Brief Contents......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Maps......Page 14
The Global Record......Page 15
The Visual Record......Page 16
The Written Record......Page 17
Preface......Page 19
About the Authors......Page 29
Introduction......Page 35
Imperial Spain and the Limits of Royal Power......Page 36
Religious and Political Conflict in France and England......Page 44
The Holy Roman Empire and the Thirty Years’ War......Page 52
Economic Change and Social Tensions......Page 58
Writing, Drama, and Art in an Age of Upheaval......Page 63
Key Terms......Page 69
Introduction......Page 71
France in the Age of Absolutism......Page 72
The English Civil War and Its Aftermath......Page 81
New Powers in Central and Eastern Europe......Page 86
The Expansion of Overseas Trade and Settlement......Page 92
Key Terms......Page 101
Introduction......Page 103
The Revolution in Astronomy, 1543–1632......Page 104
The Scientific Revolution Expands, ca. 1600–1700......Page 112
The New Science in Context: Society, Politics, and Religion......Page 121
Key Terms......Page 129
Introduction......Page 131
The Enlightenment......Page 132
European States in the Age of Enlightenment......Page 141
The Widening World of Trade and Production......Page 149
The Widening World of Warfare......Page 155
Key Terms......Page 161
Introduction......Page 163
The Origins of Revolution, 1775–1789......Page 164
The Phases of the Revolution, 1789–1799......Page 172
The Napoleonic Era and the Legacy of Revolution, 1799–1815......Page 181
Key Terms......Page 191
Introduction......Page 193
Preconditions for Industrialization......Page 194
New Modes of Production......Page 198
Social, Cultural, and Environmental Impacts......Page 204
Responses to Industrialization......Page 213
Key Terms......Page 217
Introduction......Page 219
Restoration and Reaction, 1814–1830......Page 220
Ideological Confrontations......Page 225
The Quest for Reform, 1830–1848......Page 235
The Revolutions of 1848......Page 241
Chapter Summary......Page 246
Key Terms......Page 247
Introduction......Page 249
The Changing Nature of International Relations......Page 250
Forging New Nation-States, 1850–1871......Page 252
Fragile Empires......Page 261
The Development of Western Democracies......Page 266
Chapter Summary......Page 272
Key Terms......Page 273
Introduction......Page 275
Industrial Growth and Acceleration......Page 276
Social Impacts of Economic Growth......Page 279
Urban Problems and Solutions......Page 286
Culture in an Age of Optimism......Page 288
Chapter Summary......Page 298
Key Terms......Page 299
Introduction......Page 301
The New Imperialism and the Spread of Europe’s Influence......Page 302
From Optimism to Anxiety: Politics and Culture......Page 309
Vulnerable Democracies......Page 316
Autocracies in Crisis......Page 320
The Coming War......Page 324
Chapter Summary......Page 326
Key Terms......Page 327
Introduction......Page 329
The Unforeseen Stalemate, 1914–1917......Page 330
The Experience of Total War......Page 336
The Two Russian Revolutions of 1917......Page 340
The New War and the Allied Victory, 1917–1918......Page 344
The Outcome and the Impact......Page 348
Chapter Summary......Page 358
Key Terms......Page 359
Introduction......Page 361
The West and the World After the Great War......Page 362
Communism, Fascism, and the New Political Spectrum......Page 366
Toward Mass Society......Page 373
The Trials of the New Democracies......Page 379
The Search for Meaning in a Disordered World......Page 383
Chapter Summary......Page 386
Key Terms......Page 387
Introduction......Page 389
The Great Depression......Page 390
The Stalinist Revolution in the Soviet Union......Page 394
Hitler and Nazism in Germany......Page 398
Fascist Challenge and Antifascist Response, 1934–1939......Page 406
The Coming of World War II, 1935–1939......Page 411
Chapter Summary......Page 416
Key Terms......Page 417
Introduction......Page 419
German Military Successes, 1939–1941......Page 420
The Assault on the Soviet Union and the Nazi New Order......Page 424
A Global War, 1941–1944......Page 434
The Shape of the Allied Victory, 1944–1945......Page 438
Into the Postwar World......Page 444
Chapter Summary......Page 450
Key Terms......Page 451
Introduction......Page 453
The Search for Cultural Bearings......Page 454
Prosperity and Democracy in Western Europe......Page 457
The Communist Bloc: From Consolidation to Stagnation......Page 467
Europe, the West, and the World......Page 471
The Collapse of the Soviet System, 1975–1991......Page 477
Key Terms......Page 483
Introduction......Page 485
The Changing International Framework After the Cold War......Page 486
The Uncertainties of Democratic Capitalism......Page 497
Lifestyles and Identities......Page 502
The West in a Global Age......Page 508
Chapter Summary......Page 516
Key Terms......Page 517
Index......Page 519