Civilization in the West. Volume II Since 1555

Synopsis

14. Europe at War, 1555-1648. The Massacre of the Innocents: War and European Society. The Crises of the Western States. The French Wars of Religion. One King, Two Faiths. The World of Philip II. The Burgundian Inheritance. The Revolt of the Netherlands. The Struggles in Eastern Europe. Kings and Diets in Poland. Muscovy''s Time of Troubles. The Rise of Sweden. The Thirty Years'' War 1618-48. Bohemia Revolts. The War Widens. The Long Quest for Peace. A Closer Look: The Monstrous Regiment of Women. Documents: Catholics and Huguenots. Cannibals. War Is Hell. Fire and Sword. 15. The Experiences of Life in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1650. Haymaking: Agriculture in a European Community. Economic Life. Rural Life. Town Life. Economic Change. Social Life. Social Constructs. Social Structure. Social Change. Peasant Revolts. Private Life. The Family. Communities. Popular Beliefs. A Closer Look: Sex and the Married Man. Documents: Living by One''s Wits. The Peasants'' Revolt. A Feminine Perspective. The Devil''s Due. 16. The Royal State in the Seventeenth Century. Fit for a King: The Grandeur of the European Monarchy. The Rise of the Royal State. Divine Kings. The Court and the Courtiers. The Drive to Centralize Government. The Taxing Demands of War. The Crises of the Royal State. The Need to Resist. The Right to Resist. The English Civil Wars. The English Revolutions. The Zenith of the Royal State. The Nature of Absolute Monarchy. Absolutism in the East. The Origins of French Absolutism. Louis le Grand. A Closer Look: “King Charles''s Head” . Documents: A Glimpse of a King. A Short, Sharp Shock. The Nature of Man. A Close Shave. 17. Science and Commerce in Early Modern Europe. Rembrandt''s Lessons: Anatomy and the New Science. The New Science. Heavenly Revolutions. The Natural World. Science Enthroned. Empires of Goods. The Marketplace of the World. Consumption Choices. Dutch Masters. Mercantile Organization. The Wars of Commerce. The Mercantile Wars. The Wars of Louis XIV. The Colonial Wars. A Closer Look: The Dutch Tulip Mania of the Seventeenth Century. Documents: Stargazing. The Telescope. Encountering Pirates. Defining Commerce. 18. The Balance of Power in Eighteenth-Century Europe. A Dashing Officer: The Rise of Militarism. Geographical Tours of Europe: A Grand Tour of Europe in 1714. Expansion in the West. Realignment in the East. The Rise of Russia. The Reforms of Peter the Great. Life in Rural Russia. The Enlightened Empress Catherine. The Two Germanies. The Rise of Prussia. Austria Survives. The Politics of Power. The Greatness of Britain. The British Constitution. Parties and Ministers. America Revolts. A Closer Look: Catherine Before She Was Great. Documents: Childhood Traumas. A King''s-Eye View. Military Discipline. Unalienable Rights. 19. Culture and Society in Eighteenth-Century Europe. Happy Families: An Enlightenment Institution. Eighteenth-Century Culture. The Enlightenment. The Spirit of the Enlightenment. The Impact of the Enlightenment Eighteenth-Century Society. The Nobility. The Bourgeoisie. The Masses. A Closer Look: Giving Birth in the Eighteenth Century. Documents: The All-Knowing. The Human Condition. An Educated Woman. The Good of All. 20. The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Era, 1789-1815. Eighteenth Century Revolution. The Crisis of the Old Regime in France, 1715-88. The Financial Crisis. The Political Crisis. Attempt at Reform. The First Stage of the French Revolution, 1789-92. Taking Politics to the People. Convening the Estates-General. The Storming of the Bastille. The Revolution of the Peasantry. Women on the March. The Trails of Constitutional Monarchy. Experimenting with Democracy: The Revolution''s Second Stage, 1792-99. Declaring Political Rights. The Second Revolution: The Revolution of the People. “Terror Is the Order of the Day” . The End of the Revolution. The Reign of Napoleon, 1799-1815. Bonaparte Seizes Power. Napoleon at War with the European Powers. The First Empire and Domestic Refomrs. Decline and Fall. A Closer Look: The Guillotine and Revolutionary Justice. Documents: “What Is the Third Estate?” On Revolutionary Government. The Civil Code of the Code Napoleon (1804). 21. Industrial Europe. An Iron Forge: Machinery and Industrialization The Traditional Economy. Farming Families. Rural Manufacture. The Agricultural Revolution. The Industrial Revolution in Britain. Britain First. Minerals and Metals. Cotton Is King. The Iron Horse. Entrepreneurs and Managers. The Wages of Progress. The Industrialization of the Continent. Industrialization Without Revolution. Industrialization and Union. The Lands That Time Forgot. A Closer Look: Industry and the Environment. Documents: The Wealth of Britain. The Sin of Wages. Exploiting the Young. The Slavery of Labor. 22. Social Transformations and Political Upheavals, 1815-1850. Potato Politics: The Plight of the Poor in European Societies. Geographical Tour: Europe in 1815. The Congress of Vienna. The Alliance System. The New Ideologies. The Politics of Preserving Order. Romanticism and Change. Reshaping State and Society. Protest and Revolution. Causes of Social Instability. The Revolutions of 1830. Reform in Great Britain. Workers Unite. Revolutions Across Europe, 1848-1850. A Closer Look: The Birth of the Prison. Documents: Flora Tristan and the Rights of Working Women. Young Italy. The Communist Manifesto. **** Note: Updates to Chapters 23-30 TO COME as soon as we receive the chapters from the author. 23. State-Building and Social Change in Europe, 1850-1871. The Birth of the German Empire. Building Nations: The Politics of Unification. The Crimean War. Unifying Italy. Unifying Germany. Nationalism and Force. Reforming European Society. The Second Empire in France, 1852-70. The Victorian Compromise. Reforming Russia. The Politics of Leadership. Changing Values and the Force of New Ideas. The Politics of Homemaking. The New World of Realism in the Arts. Charles Darwin and the New Science. Karl Marx and the Science of Society. A New Revolution? Suggestions for Further Reading. Special Feature: A Working Woman. Documents. The Emancipation Proclamation, 1861. On the Origins of Species. Red Women in Paris. 24. The Crisis of European Culture, 1871-1914. Speeding to the Future. European Economy and the Politics