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A Concise Survey of Western Civilization - Supremacies and Diversities throughout History (Paperback, Fourth Edition)
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A Concise Survey of Western Civilization - Supremacies and Diversities throughout History (Paperback, Fourth Edition)
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This book gives a brief, readable description of our common Western
heritage. It covers the minimum historical information that
educated adults should know within a tightly-focused narrative and
interpretive structure. The joined terms "supremacies and
diversities" develop major themes of conflict and creativity.
"Supremacies" centers on the use of power to dominate societies,
ranging from warfare to ideologies. Supremacy seeks stability,
order, and incorporation. "Diversities" encompasses the creative
impulse that produces new ideas, as well as people's efforts to
define themselves as "different." Diversity creates change,
opportunity, and individuality. These themes of historical tension
and change, whether applied to political, economic, technological,
social and cultural trends, offer a bridging explanatory
organization. Five other topical themes regularly inform the text:
technological innovation, migration and conquest, political and
economic decision-making, church and state, and disputes about the
meaning of life. Various "Basic Principles" present summaries of
historical realities. Primary Source Projects and Sources on
Families offer students the chance to evaluate differing points of
view about the past. This text is less expensive, less formal, has
more attitude, yet still provides all the essentials for a course
on Western Civilization.
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