A Concise Survey of Western Civilization, Combined Edition: Supremacies and Diversities Throughout History (4)
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- Synopsis
- This book gives a brief, readable description of our common Western heritage. It covers the minimum historical information that educated adults should know within a tightly focused narrative and interpretive structure. The joined terms "supremacies and diversities" develop major themes of conflict and creativity. "Supremacies" centers on the use of power to dominate societies, ranging from warfare to ideologies. Supremacy seeks stability, order, and incorporation. "Diversities" encompasses the creative impulse that produces new ideas, as well as people's efforts to define themselves as "different." Diversity creates change, opportunity, and individuality. These themes of historical tension and change, whether applied to political, economic, technological, social and cultural trends, offer a bridging explanatory organization. Five other topical themes regularly inform the text: technological innovation, migration and conquest, political and economic decision-making, church and state, and disputes about the meaning of life. Various "Basic Principles" present summaries of historical realities. Primary Source Projects and Sources on Families offer students the chance to evaluate differing points of view about the past. This text is less expensive, less formal, has more attitude, yet still provides all the essentials for a course on Western Civilization.
- Copyright:
- 2023
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 617 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781538171103
- Publisher:
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc.
- Date of Addition:
- 03/19/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Social Studies
- Submitted By:
- Worth Trust
- Proofread By:
- Worth Trust
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.