Western Society: A Brief History, Complete Edition
ISBN: 9780312682996 | 0312682999
Edition: 1stFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Pub. Date: 1/6/2009
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This brief edition offers the unsurpassed social history ofA History of Western Societyin an accessible, lively format. Short enough to use with supplements and more affordable than its parent text,A Brief Historyretains the sustained attention to daily life, the rich art and map program, and all of the special features of the full-length edition. Extensive study aids help students comprehend the material and prepare for exams. Now you can have it all in a briefer book.
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| Maps | |
| Images in Society | |
| Individuals in Society | |
| Listening to the Past | |
| Preface | |
| Origins, ca. 400,000–1100 b.c.e.From Caves to TownsImages in Society | |
| The IcemanMesopotamian Civilization | |
| Mapping the Past | |
| Map | |
| Spread of Cultures in the Ancient Near East | |
| The Invention of Writin... MORE | |
| Mesopotamian Thought and Religion | |
| Sumerian Social and Gender Divisions | |
| The Spread of Mesopotamian Culture | |
| The Triumph of Babylon | |
| Life Under HammurabiEgypt, the Land of the Pharaohs (3100–1200 b.c.e.) | |
| The God-King of Egypt | |
| The Pharaoh’s People | |
| The Hyksos in Egypt (1640–1570 b.c.e.) | |
| The New Kingdom: Revival and Empire (1500–1075 b.c.e.) | |
| Individuals in SocietyNefertiti, the "Perfect Woman"The Hittites and the End of an Era (ca. 1640–1100 b.c.e.) | |
| The Coming of the Hittites (ca. 1640–1200 b.c.e.) | |
| The Fall of Empires and the Survival of Cultures (ca. 1200 b.c.e.) | |
| Chapter Review | |
| Key Terms | |
| Notes | |
| Listening to the Past | |
| A Quest for Immortality | |
| Small Kingdoms and Mighty Empires in the Near East, ca. 1100–513 b.c.e.Disruption and Diffusion | |
| The End of Egyptian Power | |
| The Rise of Phoenicia | |
| Individuals in SocietyWen-Amon | |
| The Children of Israel | |
| The Evolution of the Jewish State | |
| Elements of Jewish ReligionAssyria, the Military Monarchy | |
| The Power of Assyria | |
| Mapping the Past | |
| Map | |
| The Assyrian and Persian Empires | |
| Assyrian Culture | |
| The Empire of the Persian Kings | |
| The Land of the Medes and Persians | |
| The Rise of the Persian Empire (550–540 b.c.e.) | |
| Thus Spake Zarathustra | |
| Chapter Review | |
| Key Terms | |
| Notes | |
| Listening to the Past | |
| The Covenant Between Yahweh and the Hebrew | |
| Classical Greece, ca. 1650–338 b.c.e.Hellas | |
| The Land | |
| The Minoans and Mycenaeans (ca. 2000–ca. 1100 b.c.e.) | |
| Homer, Hesiod, Gods, and Heroes (1100–800 b.c.e.) | |
| The Polis | |
| Origins of the Polis | |
| Governing Structures | |
| The Archaic Age (800–500 b.c.e.) | |
| Overseas Expansion | |
| The Growth of Sparta | |
| The Evolution of Athens | |
| The Classical Period (500–338 b.c.e.) | |
| The Persian Wars (499&a | |
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John P. McKay, Professor of History at the University of Illinois, received his Ph.D. from the University of Columbia, Berkeley in 1968. Author of three books, he won the Herbert Baxter Adams Award from the American Historical Association with his Pioneers for Profit. He is a Senior Fulbright Fellow and recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Bennett D. Hill (deceased), a former Chairman and Professor of History at the University of Illinois, received his Ph.D. from Princeton in 1963. He taught at the University of Maryland and was most recently a visiting professor at Georgetown University. He published two books and many journal articles.
John Buckler, a Professor of History at the University of Illinois, earned his doctorate at Harvard University in 1973. He has published numerous journal articles and written a monograph, The Theban Hegemony, published by Harvard University Press.
Clare H. Crowston, Associate Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, earned her B.A. in 1985 from McGill University and her Ph.D. in 1996 from Cornell University. The author of many articles, she has also written Fabricating Women: The Seamstresses of Old Regime France, 1675-1791 (Duke University Press, 2001), which won two awards, the Berkshire Prize and the Hagley Prize. She is a past-President of the Society for French Historical Studies and a former chair of the Pinkney Prize Committee. Merry Wiesner-Hanks, UWM Distinguished Professor at University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, earned her B.A. from Grinnell College in 1973 and her Ph.D. in 1979 at University of Wisconsin – Madison. She is the co-editor of the Sixteenth Century Journal and the author or editor of nineteen books and many articles that have appeared in many languages. She is currently the Chief Reader for Advanced Placement World History.
Bennett D. Hill (deceased), a former Chairman and Professor of History at the University of Illinois, received his Ph.D. from Princeton in 1963. He taught at the University of Maryland and was most recently a visiting professor at Georgetown University. He published two books and many journal articles.
John Buckler, a Professor of History at the University of Illinois, earned his doctorate at Harvard University in 1973. He has published numerous journal articles and written a monograph, The Theban Hegemony, published by Harvard University Press.
Clare H. Crowston, Associate Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, earned her B.A. in 1985 from McGill University and her Ph.D. in 1996 from Cornell University. The author of many articles, she has also written Fabricating Women: The Seamstresses of Old Regime France, 1675-1791 (Duke University Press, 2001), which won two awards, the Berkshire Prize and the Hagley Prize. She is a past-President of the Society for French Historical Studies and a former chair of the Pinkney Prize Committee. Merry Wiesner-Hanks, UWM Distinguished Professor at University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, earned her B.A. from Grinnell College in 1973 and her Ph.D. in 1979 at University of Wisconsin – Madison. She is the co-editor of the Sixteenth Century Journal and the author or editor of nineteen books and many articles that have appeared in many languages. She is currently the Chief Reader for Advanced Placement World History.
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