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包 装: 平装国际标准书号ISBN: 9787300151564丛书名: 高级英语选修课系列教材·历史与文化系列
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精编版的《西方文明史》是根据美国学者马克?凯什兰斯基、帕特里克?杰尔里、帕特里夏?奥布莱恩著、我社2008年出版的第五版改编而成的。改编后的《西方文明史》总字数为45万字内，在时间上跨度上，历时两千多年，覆盖了古代、中世纪、近代、现代和当代；主要的历史时段包括：古希腊时期、古罗马时期；拜占庭时期和伊斯兰文明；中世纪；文艺复兴；欧洲帝国；宗教改革；现代欧洲；18世纪欧洲；19世纪欧洲；20世纪欧洲与世界文明；次和第二次世界大战；冷战与战后经济重建；后冷战时期的全球挑战，为读者提供西方文明史的整体轮廓。从地域上，覆盖了欧洲、北美洲、大洋洲。内容上，紧扣文明发展史，兼顾政治、经济等多领域，多角度、多层次地展示西方文明的起源、发生、发展、演进、更新的整体历史进程，囊括了历史、地理、政治、经济、宗教、文化、艺术、社会生活等诸多方面。
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INTRODUCTION THE IDEA OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
CHAPTER 1 THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS
CHAPTER 2 GREEK PERIOD
CHAPTER 3 THE ROMAN PERIOD
CHAPTER 4 THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE CLASSICAL WORLD, 192?C500
CHAPTER 5 THE CLAS S ICAL L EGACY IN THE EAST:BYZANTIUM AND ISLAM
CHAPTER 6 THE WEST IN THE MIDDLE AGES
CHAPTER 7 THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
CHAPTER 8 THE REFORM OF RELIGION
CHAPTER 9 THE PERIOD OF MODERN EUROPE
CHAPTER 10 THE ENLIGHTENMENT, FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEONIC ERA
CHAPTER 11 EUROPE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER 12 EUROPE AND THE WORLD, 1870?C1914
CHAPTER 13 WAR AND REVOLUTION, 1914?C1920
CHAPTER 14 THE SECOND WORLD WAR
CHAPTER 15 THE COLD WAR AND POS-COLD WAR PERIOD, 1945 TO THE PRESENT
CHAPTER 1 THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS
CHAPTER 2 GREEK PERIOD
CHAPTER 3 THE ROMAN PERIOD
CHAPTER 4 THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE CLASSICAL WORLD, 192?C500
CHAPTER 5 THE CLAS S ICAL L EGACY IN THE EAST:BYZANTIUM AND ISLAM
CHAPTER 6 THE WEST IN THE MIDDLE AGES
CHAPTER 7 THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
CHAPTER 8 THE REFORM OF RELIGION
CHAPTER 9 THE PERIOD OF MODERN EUROPE
CHAPTER 10 THE ENLIGHTENMENT, FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEONIC ERA
CHAPTER 11 EUROPE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER 12 EUROPE AND THE WORLD, 1870?C1914
CHAPTER 13 WAR AND REVOLUTION, 1914?C1920
CHAPTER 14 THE SECOND WORLD WAR
CHAPTER 15 THE COLD WAR AND POS-COLD WAR PERIOD, 1945 TO THE PRESENT
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Preface
When we set out to write Civilization in the West, we tried to write, first of all, a book that students would want to read. Throughout many years of planning, writing, revising, rewriting, and numerous meetings together, this was our constant overriding concern. Would the text work across the variety of Western civilization courses, with the different levels and formats that make up this fundamental course? We also solicited the reactions of scores of reviewers to this single question: “Would students want to read these chapters?” Whenever we received a resounding “No!” we began again—not just rewriting, but rethinking how to present material that might be complex in argument or detail or that might simply seem too remote to engage the contemporary student. Though all three of us were putting in long hours in front of computers, we quickly learned that we were engaged in a teaching rather than a writing exercise. And though the work was demanding, it was not unrewarding. We enjoyed writing this book, and we wanted students to enjoy reading it. We have been gratified to learn that our book successfully accomplished our objectives. It stimulated student interest and motivated students to want to learn about European history. Civilization in the West was successful beyond our expectations.
The text was so well received, in fact, that we decided to publish this alternative, brief version: A Brief History of Western Civilization: The Unfinished Legacy. In an era of rapidly changing educational materials, alternative formats and models should be available. We believe that students and general readers alike will enjoy a conveniently sized book that offers them a coherent, well-told story. In this edition of the brief text, we have enlarged and added detail to many of the full-color maps so that they are easier to see and use. We have also added a new feature, “Map Discovery,” that teaches students to think critically about maps, have included new essays to
When we set out to write Civilization in the West, we tried to write, first of all, a book that students would want to read. Throughout many years of planning, writing, revising, rewriting, and numerous meetings together, this was our constant overriding concern. Would the text work across the variety of Western civilization courses, with the different levels and formats that make up this fundamental course? We also solicited the reactions of scores of reviewers to this single question: “Would students want to read these chapters?” Whenever we received a resounding “No!” we began again—not just rewriting, but rethinking how to present material that might be complex in argument or detail or that might simply seem too remote to engage the contemporary student. Though all three of us were putting in long hours in front of computers, we quickly learned that we were engaged in a teaching rather than a writing exercise. And though the work was demanding, it was not unrewarding. We enjoyed writing this book, and we wanted students to enjoy reading it. We have been gratified to learn that our book successfully accomplished our objectives. It stimulated student interest and motivated students to want to learn about European history. Civilization in the West was successful beyond our expectations.
The text was so well received, in fact, that we decided to publish this alternative, brief version: A Brief History of Western Civilization: The Unfinished Legacy. In an era of rapidly changing educational materials, alternative formats and models should be available. We believe that students and general readers alike will enjoy a conveniently sized book that offers them a coherent, well-told story. In this edition of the brief text, we have enlarged and added detail to many of the full-color maps so that they are easier to see and use. We have also added a new feature, “Map Discovery,” that teaches students to think critically about maps, have included new essays to
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