West, The: A Narrative History to 1660, Volume 1, 3rd edition
Published by Pearson (December 27, 2011) © 2013
- A Daniel Frankforter The Pennsylvania State University
- William M. Spellman University of North Carolina at Asheville
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The book students will read: Concise. Relevant. Accessible.
The West: A Narrative History is a concise but not abridged introduction to the West, encompassing all cultures that trace their ancestry to the ancient Mediterranean world. It is not a reduced version of a larger study, but a full narrative of the West written concisely.
This learning program is built around a Key Question in every chapter, a feature that shows students why western civilization is relevant for them. Students will discover the key questions that define the past are in many ways the same key questions of today. Since students often see conflict between a Christian “West” and an Islamic “East” in today’s society, the authors highlight the ongoing role the Middle East has played in shaping the West. Students will understand the links between people of the West and those in other regions.
The West is an accessible program available in several formats to give instructors and students more choices and more ways to save. With the release of the 3rd edition, The West becomes an integrated program tied closely to the new MyHistoryLab.
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This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience—for you and your students. Here’s how:
- Personalize Learning – The new MyHistoryLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals.
- Improve Critical Thinking – Each chapter opens with a Key Question and a brief Key Question essay. The Key Question is revisited at the end of the chapter, and MyHistoryLab Icons and Connections features ensure close integration with the new MyHistoryLab.
- Engage Students – Maps, illustrations, and a biography feature promote discussion of the narrative.
- Support Instructors - MyHistoryLab, Annotated Instructor’s eText, Class Preparation Tool, Instructor’s Manual, MyTest, and PowerPoints are available.
For volume two of this text, search ISBN-10: 0205180914
For the combined volume of this text, search ISBN-10: 0205180957
THE BOOK STUDENTS WILL READ: CONCISE. RELEVANT. ACCESSIBLE.
- The West is a concise history that is not abridged, so students learn the full story of Western civilization.
- The Key Question features provide a springboard for wide-ranging class discussion of topics that are relevant to today’s students. (ex. p. 35)
- This learning program is accessible to students. It is closely integrated with the new MyHistoryLab and comes in several formats for more options and more ways to save.
- The text is divided into eight parts, each beginning with an illustration, a brief introduction, and a timeline, to help students understand the vast time period covered. (ex. p. 64)
- Chronological charts within the chapters help students visualize the sequence of events discussed. (ex. p. 91)
PERSONALIZE LEARNING WITH NEW MYHISTORYLAB
The new MyHistoryLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals.
- The Pearson eText lets students access their textbook anytime, anywhere, and any way they want–including listening online or downloading to iPad.
- A personalized study plan for each student, based on Bloom’s Taxonomy, promotes critical-thinking skills and helps students succeed in the course and beyond.
- Assessment tied to videos, applications, and chapters enables instructors and students to track progress and get immediate feedback. Instructors will be able to find the best resources for teaching their students.
- Class Preparation Tool collects the best class presentation resources in one convenient online destination. Resources include PowerPoint slides, streaming audio and video, audio clips for class tests and quizzes, and all illustrations for creating interactive lectures.
- Closer Look tours walk students through key primary sources in detail, helping them to uncover their meaning and understand their context.
- Lecture and Archival Videos include speeches, news footage, and brief discussions by experts on topics mentioned in the text.
- New MyHistoryLab Icons appear in the margins of the text to connect resources and media assignments in MyHistoryLab to specific topics within the chapters. The icons are labeled Read the Document, View the Image, See the Map, Watch the Video, Hear the Audio, and Study and Review. (ex. p. 92)
- New MyHistoryLab Connections sections at the end of each chapter in the text list the analytical questions that drive the program’s chapter Study Plan and provide an inventory of resources marked by the MyHistoryLab Icons within the chapter. The analytical questions are ordered from less complex thinking to higher critical thinking. (ex. p. 94)
- The new Annotated Instructor’s eText serves as a hub for all instructor resources, with chapter-by-chapter links to PowerPoint slides and MyHistoryLab’s ClassPrep engine. It also includes content from the Instructor’s Manual and the MyHistoryLab Instructor’s Guide.
- MyHistoryLibrary includes hundreds of excerpts from primary sources, including many referenced in the text, and the History Bookshelf, which includes 100 of the most commonly assigned complete works.
IMPROVE CRITICAL THINKING
- Integrated MyHistoryLab learning tools, including MyHistoryLab Icons and a Study Plan in the MyHistoryLab Connections section for every chapter, ensure student success in learning to think critically about the past. (ex. p. 100)
- Each chapter opens with the following resources:
- A Key Question that reflects the chapter’s theme and promotes understanding of important topics. (ex. p. 155)
- A brief Key Question essay. (ex. p. 189)
- A vivid image with learning objective questions. (ex. p. 154)
- Quotations from primary sources. (ex. p. 249)
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- Each chapter ends with resources to help students master the information from the chapter:
- The Key Question Revisited reexamines the chapter-opening Key Question. A brief essay highlights what a particular moment in history suggests about the possibilities for answering the Key Question. (ex. p. 277)
- Key Terms draw students’ attention to important terminology that appears in bold type within the narrative. (ex. p. 122)
- New Suggested Activities sections propose various student research projects. (ex. p. 152)
- New Further Reading sections encourage students to continue exploring topics covered in the chapter. (ex. p. 184)
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ENGAGE STUDENTS
- “People in Context” features present biographies that add human interest to the narrative. (ex. p. 78)
- Colorful maps in each chapter raise questions about the influence of geography and environment on history. (ex. p. 271)
- Abundant illustrations in each chapterinclude cartoons, fine art, and photographs and reinforce the notion that historians work from visual as well as written sources. In-depth captions explore how these visual sources illustrate themes and events discussed in the narrative. (ex. p. 119)
SUPPORT INSTRUCTORS
- The new Annotated Instructor’s eText serves as a hub for all instructor resources, with chapter-by-chapter links to PowerPoint slides and MyHistoryLab’s ClassPrep engine. It also includes content from the Instructor’s Manual and the MyHistoryLab Instructor’s Guide.
- The Instructor’s Resource Manual contains chapter summaries, chapter outlines with references to the MyHistoryLab resources cited in the text, learning objectives from the text, lecture topics, class discussion topics, and the MyHistoryLab Connections feature found at the end of each chapter in the text. Available within the instructor account at www.MyHistoryLab.com or at www.pearsonhighered.com/irc.
- The Test Item File contains a diverse set of over 2,100 multiple choice, short answer, essay, identification, and map-based questions to support different assessment strategies. The large pool of multiple choice questions for each chapter includes factual, conceptual, and analytical questions, so instructors may assess students on basic information as well as critical thinking. Available at www.pearsonhighered.com/irc or as MyTest.
- MyTest, a flexible online test-generating software, includes all questions found in the printed Test Bank. Instructors can quickly and easily create customized tests with MyTest. Available within the instructor account in MyHistoryLab and at http://www.pearsonmytest.com.
- PowerPoint slides include a lecture outline for each chapter and full-color illustrations and maps from the printed text. All images from the text have captions that provide background information about the image. Available within the instructor account on MyHistoryLab or at www.pearsonhighered.com/irc.
- Create a Custom Text: For enrollments of at least 25, create your own textbook by combining chapters from best-selling Pearson textbooks and/or reading selections in the sequence you want. To begin building your custom text, visit www.pearsoncustomlibrary.com. You may also work with a dedicated Pearson Custom editor to create your ideal text–publishing your own original content or mixing and matching Pearson content. Contact your Pearson Publisher’s Representative to get started.
THE BOOK STUDENTS WILL READ: CONCISE. RELEVANT. ACCESSIBLE.
- The 3rd edition of The West is an integrated learning program closely tied to the new MyHistoryLab.
- The final chapter has been revised to include coverage up to 2011.
PERSONALIZE LEARNING WITH NEW MYHISTORYLAB
The new MyHistoryLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals.
- The Pearson eText lets students access their textbook anytime, anywhere, and any way they want–including listening online or downloading to iPad.
- A personalized study plan for each student, based on Bloom’s Taxonomy, promotes critical-thinking skills and helps students succeed in the course and beyond.
- Assessment tied to videos, applications, and chapters enables instructors and students to track progress and get immediate feedback. Instructors will be able to find the best resources for teaching their students.
- Class Preparation Tool collects the best class presentation resources in one convenient online destination. Resources include PowerPoint slides, streaming audio and video, audio clips for class tests and quizzes, and all illustrations for creating interactive lectures.
- Closer Look tours walk students through key primary sources in detail, helping them to uncover their meaning and understand their context.
- Lecture and Archival Videos include speeches, news footage, and brief discussions by experts on topics mentioned in the text.
- New MyHistoryLab Icons appear in the margins of the text to connect resources and media assignments in MyHistoryLab to specific topics within the chapters. The icons are labeled Read the Document, View the Image, See the Map, Watch the Video, Hear the Audio, and Study and Review. (ex. p. 315)
- New MyHistoryLab Connections sections at the end of each chapter in the text list the analytical questions that drive the program’s chapter Study Plan and provide an inventory of resources marked by the MyHistoryLab Icons within the chapter. The analytical questions are ordered from less complex thinking to higher critical thinking. (ex. p. 336)
- The new Annotated Instructor’s eText serves as a hub for all instructor resources, with chapter-by-chapter links to PowerPoint slides and MyHistoryLab’s ClassPrep engine. It also includes content from the Instructor’s Manual and the MyHistoryLab Instructor’s Guide.
- MyHistoryLibrary includes hundreds of excerpts from primary sources, including many referenced in the text, and the History Bookshelf, which includes 100 of the most commonly assigned complete works.
IMPROVE CRITICAL THINKING
- End-of-chapter resources include two new sections:
- Suggested Activities sections propose various student research projects. (ex. p. 246)
- Further Reading sections encourage students to continue exploring topics covered in the chapter. (ex. p. 152)
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SUPPORT INSTRUCTORS
- The new Annotated Instructor’s eText serves as a hub for all instructor resources, with chapter-by-chapter links to PowerPoint slides and MyHistoryLab’s ClassPrep engine. It also includes content from the Instructor’s Manual and the MyHistoryLab Instructor’s Guide.
- The Instructor’s Manual & Test Bank, MyTest, and Powerpoints have been revised to reflect changes in the 3rd edition.
- Create a Custom Text: For enrollments of at least 25, create your own textbook by combining chapters from best-selling Pearson textbooks and/or reading selections in the sequence you want. To begin building your custom text, visit www.pearsoncustomlibrary.com. You may also work with a dedicated Pearson Custom editor to create your ideal text–publishing your own original content or mixing and matching Pearson content. Contact your Pearson Publisher’s Representative to get started.
Found in this section:
1. Brief Table of Contents
2. Full Table of Contents
1. BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Part I Departure Prehistory to 1000 B.C.E.
Chapter 1 The Birth of Civilization
Chapter 2 The Rise of Empires and the Beginning of the Iron Age
Part II The Classical Era 2000 B.C.E. to 30 C.E.
Chapter 3 Aegean Civilizations
Chapter 4 The Hellenic Era
Chapter 5 The Hellenistic Era and the Rise of Rome
Chapter 6 Rome’s Empire and the Unification of the Western World
Part III The Division of the West 300 to 1300
Chapter 7 The West’s Medieval Civilizations
Chapter 8 The Emergence of Europe
Chapter 9 Europe Turns Outward
Chapter 10 Europe’s High Middle Ages
Part IV Challenges, Conflicts, and Departures 1300 to 1700
Chapter 11 Challenges to the Medieval Order
Chapter 12 Renaissance and Exploration
Chapter 13 Reformation, Religious Wars, and National Conflicts
2. FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Part I — Departure Prehistory to 1000 B.C.E.
Chapter 1: The Birth of Civilization
Key Question: How do environments shape human communities and human communities alter environments?
The Evolution of the Prehistoric Cultures
The Archaic States
The Origin of Civilization in Mesopotamia: Sumer
The Rise of Civilization in Egypt
Chapter 2: The Rise of Empires and the Beginning of the Iron Age
Key Question: Does civilization promote or intensify divisions among peoples?
The Transition States
Imperial Egypt: The New Kingdom
The Indo-Europeans and the Clash of Empires
The Bible and History
Part II — The Classical Era 2000 B.C.E. to 30 C.E.
Chapter 3: Aegean Civilizations
Key Question: When does civilization in the West become “Western” civilization?
Minoan Mentors
The Mycenaeans, Greece’s First Civilization
The Aegean Dark Age
The Hellenic Era
The Rise of the Mainland Powers
The Persian Wars: Crucible of a Civilization
Chapter 4: The Hellenic Era
Key Question: What did the Greeks contribute to the development of modern civilization?
Persian Wars as Catalyst
The Peloponnesian War
Intellectual and Artistic Life in the Polis
Chapter 5: The Hellenistic Era and the Rise of Rome
Key Question: What circumstances are likely to undermine governments by the people?
The Hellenistic Era
The Origin of Rome
The Roman Republic
Rome’s Civil War
Chapter 6: Rome’s Empire and the Unification of the Western World
Key Question: Do people prefer order to liberty?
The Augustan Era
Order and Continuity: The Dynastic Option
Order and Continuity: The Elective Option
Life in an Imperial Environment
The Decline of Rome
Part III — The Division of the West 300 to 1300
Chapter 7: The West’s Medieval Civilizations
Key Question: Should freedom of religion be limited?
The Christian Element
The German Element
The Byzantine Empire of Constantinople
Islam
Chapter 8: The Emergence of Europe
Key Question: How did Europe build on its legacies from the ancient world?
The Merovingian Kingdom: Europe’s Nucleus
The Franks’ Neighbors
The Carolingian Era
Retrenchment and Reorganization
The Culture of Europe’s Dark Age
Chapter 9: Europe Turns Outward
Key Question: Was conflict among the medieval civilizations inevitable?
Islam’s Crest and Byzantium’s Resurgence
The Reorganization of Feudal Europe
The Eleventh-Century Turning Point
Chapter 10: Europe’s High Middle Ages
Key Question: Why are some societies more open to change than others?
The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century
Universities and Scholasticism
Religious Revival and Diversity of Opinion
The Artistic Vision of the High Middle Ages
Government in the High Middle Ages
Part IV — Challenges, Conflicts, and Departures 1300 to 1700
Chapter 11: Challenges to the Medieval Order
Key Question: What did the crises of the late medieval era reveal about the strengths and weaknesses of Europe’s civilization?
Challenges from Nature
Turmoil in the Middle East
Spiritual Crises
Political Responses: The Burdens of War
Chapter 12: Renaissance and Exploration
Key Question: How should a society use its history?
The Context for the Renaissance
The Culture of the Renaissance
The Northern Renaissance
The Middle East: The Ottoman Empire
Europe and Atlantic Exploration
Chapter 13: Reformation, Religious Wars, and National Conflicts
Key Question: How do civilized societies justify war?
The Lutheran Reformation
The Swiss Reformation
The Catholic Reformation
The Habsburg-Valois Wars
England’s Ambivalent Reformation
Convergence of Foreign and Domestic Politics: England, Spain, and France
The Final Religious Upheaval
A. Daniel Frankforter is Professor of History at the Pennsylvania State University, where he has taught for four decades. His undergraduate work was in the history of ideas and philosophy at Franklin and Marshall College. He earned a Master of Divinity degree from Drew University, did graduate work at Columbia University and the University of Göttingen, and completed master’s and doctoral degrees in medieval history and religious studies at Penn State. His research interests are in English ecclesiastical history, the evolving status of women in medieval Europe, and textual criticism. Articles on these topics have appeared in such journals as Manuscripta, Church History, The British Studies Monitor, The Catholic Historical Review, The American Benedictine Review, The International Journal of Women’s Studies, and The Journal of Women’s History. His books include A History of the Christian Movement: An Essay on the Development of Christian Institutions, Civilization and Survival, The Shakespeare Name Dictionary (with J. Madison Davis), The Medieval Millennium: An Introduction, The Western Heritage, brief edition (with Donald Kagan, Stephen Ozment, and Frank Turner), The Heritage of World Civilizations, brief third edition (with Albert Craig, William Graham, Donald Kagan, Stephen Ozment, and Frank Turner), an edition and translation of Poullain de la Barre’s De L’Égalité des deux Sexes, and Stones for Bread: A Critique of Contemporary Worship. His most recent work is: Word of God/Words of Men: The Use and Abuse of Scripture. Over the course of his career he has developed 15 courses dealing with aspects of the ancient and medieval periods of Western civilization, the Judeo-Christian tradition, and gender issues. His service in the classroom has been acknowledged by the Penn State Behrend Excellence in Teaching Award and the prestigious Amoco Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching Performance.
William M. Spellman is Professor of History at the University of North Carolina Asheville and Director of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges, a constorium of twenty-six institutions in the United States and Canada. He is a graduate of Suffolk University, Boston, and holds a PhD from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. He is the author of John Locke and The Problem of Depravity (Oxford, 1988); The Latitudinarians and the Church of England (Georgia, 1993); John Locke (Macmillan, 1995): European Political Thought, 1600-1700 (Macmillan, 1997); Monarchies, 1000-2000 (Reaktion, 2000); The Global Community: Migration and the Making of the Modern World (Sutton, 2002): A Concise History of the World Since 1945 (Palgrave, 2006); Uncertain Identity: International Migration Since 1945 (Reaktion, 2008); and A Short History of Western Political Thought (Palgrave, 2011).
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