A History of Western Society 10th edition

ISBN:0312640609

ISBN13:9780312640606

Publisher:Bedford/St. Martin's

Authors:Joseph Perry, John P. McKay, Bennett D. Hill, John Buckler, Clare Haru Crowston, Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks, Joe Perry

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A History of Western Society, Volume II: From the age of Exploration to the Present 10 Edition CHAPTER 15European Exploration and Conquest1450-1650 World Contacts Before ColumbusThe Trade World of the Indian OceanThe Trading States of Africa The Ottoman and Persian EmpiresGenoese and Venetian Middlemen The European Voyages of DiscoveryCauses of European ExpansionTechnology and the Rise of Exploration The Portuguese Overseas EmpireThe Problem of Christopher Columbus Later ExplorersSpanish Conquest in the New World Early French and English Settlement in the New World The Impact of ConquestColonial AdministrationImpact of European Settlement on the Lives of Indigenous Peoples Life in the ColoniesThe Columbian Exchange Europe and the World After ColumbusSugar and SlaverySpanish Silver and Its Economic Effects The Birth of the Global Economy Changing Attitudes and BeliefsNew Ideas About RaceMichel de Montaigne and Cultural CuriosityWilliam Shakespeare and His Influence  Looking Back, Looking AheadChapter ReviewListening to the Past: Columbus Describes His First VoyageLiving in the Past: Foods of the Columbian ExchangeIndividuals in Society: Juan de Pareja CHAPTER 16Absolutism and Constitutionalism ca. 1589-1725 Seventeenth-Century Crisis and RebuildingPeasant Life in the Midst of Economic Crisis The Return of Serfdom in the EastThe Thirty Years' WarAchievements in State-Building Warfare and the Growth of Army SizePopular Political Action Absolutism in France and SpainThe Foundations of AbsolutismLouis XIV and AbsolutismLife at Versailles  French Financial Management Under Colbert Louis XIV's WarsThe Decline of Absolutist Spain in the Seventeenth CenturyAbsolutism in Austria and Prussia The Austrian Habsburgs Prussia in the Seventeenth CenturyThe Consolidation of Prussian Absolutism The Development of Russia and the Ottoman EmpireThe Mongol Yoke and the Rise of MoscowThe Tsar and People The Reforms of Peter the GreatThe Growth of the Ottoman Empire Alternatives to Absolutism in England and the Dutch Republic Absolutist Claims in England Religious Divides and the English Civil War Cromwell and Puritanical Absolutism in England The Restoration of the English MonarchyConstitutional Monarchy and Cabinet Government The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century Baroque Art and Music Looking Back, Looking AheadChapter ReviewLiving in the Past: The Absolutist PalaceListening to the Past: A German Account of Russian LifeIndividuals in Society: Glückel of Hameln CHAPTER 17Toward a New Worldview1540-1789 The Scientific RevolutionScientific Thought in 1500Origins of the Scientific Revolution The Copernican HypothesisBrahe, Kepler, and Galileo: Proving Copernicus Right Newton's SynthesisBacon, Descartes, and the Scientific Method Science and SocietyMedicine, the Body, and Chemistry The EnlightenmentThe Emergence of the EnlightenmentThe Influence of the PhilosophesThe Enlightenment Outside of FranceUrban Culture and Life in the Public Sphere Race and the Enlightenment Late Enlightenment Enlightened Absolutism Frederick the Great of PrussiaCatherine the Great of RussiaThe Austrian HabsburgsJewish Life and the Limits of Enlightened Absolutism  Looking Back, Looking AheadChapter ReviewLiving in the Past: Coffeehouse CultureListening to the Past: Denis Diderot, “Supplement to Bougainville's Voyage”Individuals in Society: Moses Mendelssohn and the Jewish Enlightenment CHAPTER 18The Expansion of Europe 1650-1800 Working the Land The Legacy of the Open-Field System The Agricultural RevolutionThe Leadership of the Low Countries and England The Beginning of the Population ExplosionLong-standing Obstacles to Population GrowthThe New Pattern of the Eighteenth Century The Growth of Rural IndustryThe Putting-Out SystemThe Lives of Rural Textile Workers The Industrious Revolution The Debate over
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