Western civilization
Robert L Lembright
- 14th ed
- Princeton, N.J Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic 2007
- 191 p.: ill
Age of power: James VI & I / J. Wormald; 30 years' war / G. Darby; Cossack pirates of the Black Sea / R.B. Sorobey; Greatest royal minister? / G. Treasure; From mercantilism to 'The Wealth of Nations'/ M. Marshall; 400 years of the East India Company / H.V. Bowen; How man differs from a dog / E. Fudge -- Rationalism, enlightenment, and revolution: Descartes the dreamer / A. Grafton; Declaring an open season on the wisdom of the ages / R. Wernick; Execution of Louis XVI and the end of the French monarchy / W. Doyle; Passion of Antoine Lavoisier / S.J. Gould; First feminist / S. Tomkievicz; Internet in a cup / Economist; Napoleon the kindmaker / P. Mansel -- Industry, ideology, nationalism, and imperialism, the nineteenth century: Arkwright, cotton king or spin doctor? / K. Fisk; Emancipation of the Russian serfs, 1861-a charter of freedom or an act of betrayal? / M. Lynch; Bismarck, Prussia & German nationalism / E. Feuchtwanger; Napoleon III, 'hero' or 'grotesque mediocrity'? / R. Price; Russian shall not have Constantinople / R. Golicz; Slavery and the British / J. Walvin; Quinine/s feverish tales and trails / L. Werner; Pink lemonade socialists / P. Pilbeam; Europe's Muslim capital / P. Mansel -- Modernism, statism, and total war, the twentieth century: Divine Sarah / J.A. Harriss; Art Nouveau / S. Meisler; Schlieffen Plan--fantasy or catastrophe / T. Zuber; Queen of the sands / K. Ellis; World according to Wells / J. Achenback; From 'mercy death' to genocide / J. Reed-Purivs; His finest hour / J. Keegan; Mystery of Stalin / P. Wingrove; Kim Philby had a remarkable long career with British Intelligence--spying for the other side / R.K. Munro; Twist of fate / M.D. Lemolnick -- Conclusion, the new millennium and the human perspective: Brief history of relativity / S. Hawking; Rise and fall of empires, the role of surplus extraction / H. Perkin; 'You say you want a revolution' / M. Safonov; How to save the Arab world / F. Zakaria; True clash of civilizations / R. Inglehart and P. Norris; Folly & failure in the Balkans / T. Gallagher; Environmental history, from Genesis to Apocalypse / D. Lowenthal; End / M.D. Lemonick -- Test your knowledge form -- Article rating form