The West: Encounters & Transformations, Volume A (to 1550) - Softcover

Levack, Brian; Muir, Edward; Veldman, Meredith; Maas, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0321384148 ISBN 13: 9780321384140

Verlag: Pearson, 2006

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The West: Encounters & Transformationstakes a new approach to telling the story of Western Civilization. Rather than looking at Western Civilization only as the history of Europefrom ancient times to the present, this groundbreaking book examines the changing nature of the West―how the definition of the West has evolved and transformed throughout history.

 

The West explores the ways Western civilization has changed as a result of cultural encounters with different beliefs, ideas, technologies, and peoples, both outside the West and within it. Presenting a balanced treatment of political, social, religious, and cultural history, this text emphasizes the ever-shifting boundaries of the geographic and cultural realm of the West.

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The West: Encounters & Transformationstakes a new approach to telling the story of Western Civilization. Rather than looking at Western Civilization only as the history of Europefrom ancient times to the present, this groundbreaking book examines the changing nature of the West-how the definition of the West has evolved and transformed throughout history. The West explores the ways Western civilization has changed as a result of cultural encounters with different beliefs, ideas, technologies, and peoples, both outside the West and within it. Presenting a balanced treatment of political, social, religious, and cultural history, this text emphasizes the ever-shifting boundaries of the geographic and cultural realm of the West.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Pearson
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0321384148
• ISBN 13: 9780321384140
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 464
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar