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The Western Heritage, Vol. 2[西方遗产:第2册]

内容简介

AnauthoritativeaccountofWesterncivilizations.?TheWesternHeritageprovidesthebroadestpossibleintroductiontoWesterncivilizationinastrong,clearnarrative.ItfosterslivelydebateabouttheWest,defineshowtheWesthasinteractedwithothercultures,andshowshowWesterncivilizationcanbeusedtounderstandglobalchallengestoday.?Thetextintegratessocial,cultural,andpoliticalhistory,anditprovidesaflexiblepresentationtoaccommodatedifferentteachingandlearningapproaches.?The11theditionistiedcloselytoMyHistoryLab,withiconsconnectingthemainnarrativetoanarrayofMyHistoryLabresources,includingdocuments,videosegments,andinteractivemaps.TheauthorswelcomeAlisonFrank,professorofhistoryatHarvardUniversity,totheirteamforthisedition.?AbetterteachingandlearningexperienceThisprogramwillprovideabetterteachingandlearningexperience—foryouandyourstudents.Here’show:PersonalizeLearning–ThenewMyHistoryLabdeliversprovenresultsinhelpingstudentssucceed,providesengagingexperiencesthatpersonalizelearning,andcomesfromatrustedpartnerwitheducationalexpertiseandadeepcommitmenttohelpingstudentsandinstructorsachievetheirgoals.ImproveCriticalThinking–Chapteropeningandend-of-chapterstudyresourceshelpstudentsunderstandthethemesandsparkclassdiscussion.?EngageStudents–BoxfeaturesincludedthroughoutthetextencouragetheuseofvisualandtextualsourceswhilepromotingdebateabouttheWest.SupportInstructors–Instructor’seText,MyHistoryLab,Instructor’sResourceManual,TestItemFile,MyTest,PowerPointpresentations,andClassPreparationareavailable.?Forvolume1ofthistext,searchISBN-10:0205423868For?thecombinedvolume?ofthistext,searchISBN-10:0205393926

作者简介

DONALDKAGANisSterlingProfessorofHistoryandClassicsatYaleUniversity,wherehehastaughtsince1969.HereceivedtheA.B.degreeinhistoryfromBrooklynCollege,theM.A.inclassicsfromBrownUniversity,andthePh.D.inhistoryfromOhioStateUniversity.During1958to1959hestudiedattheAmericanSchoolofClassicalStudiesasaFulbrightScholar.HehasreceivedthreeawardsforundergraduateteachingatCornellandYale.HeistheauthorofahistoryofGreekpoliticalthought,TheGreatDialogue(1965);afour-volumehistoryofthePeloponnesianwar,TheOriginsofthePeloponnesianWar(1969);TheArchidamianWar(1974);ThePeaceofNiciasandtheSicilianExpedition(1981);TheFalloftheAthenianEmpire(1987);andabiographyofPericles,PericlesofAthensandtheBirthofDemocracy(1991);OntheOriginsofWar(1995)andThePeloponnesianWar(2003).Heiscoauthor,withFrederickW.Kagan,ofWhileAmericaSleeps(2000).WithBrianTierneyandL.PearceWilliams,heistheeditorofGreatIssuesinWesternCivilization,acollectionofreadings.HewasawardedtheNa-tionalHumanitiesMedalfor2002andwaschosenbytheNationalEndowmentfortheHumani-tiestodelivertheJeffersonLecturein2004.STEVENOZMENTisMcLeanProfessorofAncientandModernHistoryatHarvardUniver-sity.HehastaughtWesternCivilizationatYale,Stanford,andHarvard.Heistheauthorofelevenbooks.TheAgeofReform,1250—1550(1980)wontheSchaffPrizeandwasnominatedforthe1981NationalBookAward.FiveofhisbookshavebeenselectionsoftheHistoryBookClub:MagdalenaandBalthasar:AnIntimatePortraitofLifeinSixteenthCenturyEurope(1986),ThreeBehaimBoys:GrowingUpinEarlyModernGermany(1990),Protestants:TheBirthofaRevolution(1992),TheBurgermeister’sDaughter:ScandalinaSixteenthCenturyGermanTown(1996),andFleshandSpirit:PrivateLifeinEarlyModernGermany(1999).HismostrecentpublicationsareAncestors:TheLovingFamilyofOldEurope(2001),AMightyFor-tress:ANewHistoryoftheGermanPeople(2004),and“WhyWeStudyWesternCiv,”ThePub-licInterest,158(2005).FRANKM.TURNERisJohnHayWhitneyProfessorofHistoryatYaleUniversityandDirec-toroftheBeineckeRareBookandManuscriptLibraryatYaleUniversity,whereheservedasUniversityProvostfrom1988to1992.HereceivedhisB.A.degreeattheCollegeofWilliamandMaryandhisPh.D.fromYale.HehasreceivedtheYaleCollegeAwardforDistinguishedUndergraduateTeaching.HehasdirectedaNationalEndowmentfortheHumanitiesSummerInstitute.HisscholarlyresearchhasreceivedthesupportoffellowshipsfromtheNationalEn-dowmentfortheHumanitiesandtheGuggenheimFoundationandtheWoodrowWilsonCenter.HeistheauthorofBetweenScienceandReligion:TheReactiontoScientificNaturalisminLateVictorianEngland(1974),TheGreekHeritageinVictorianBritain(1981),whichreceivedtheBritishCouncilPrizeoftheConferenceonBritishStudiesandtheYalePressGovernorsAward,ContestingCulturalAuthority:EssaysinVictorianIntellectualLife(1993),andJohnHenryNewman:TheChallengetoEvangelicalReligion(2002).Hehasalsocontributednumerousarti-clestojournalsandhasservedontheeditorialadvisoryboardsofTheJournalofModernHis-tory,Isis,andVictorianStudies.HeeditedTheIdeaofaUniversitybyJohnHenryNewman(1996),ReflectionsontheRevolutioninFrancebyEdmundBurke(2003),andApologiaProVitaSuaandSixSermonsbyJohnHenryNewman(2008).Between1996and2006heservedasaTrusteeofConnecticutCollegeandbetween2004and2008asamemberoftheConnecticutHumanitiesCouncil.In2003,ProfessorTurnerwasappointedDirectoroftheBeineckeRareBookandManuscriptLibraryatYaleUniversity.ALISONFRANKisprofessorofhistoryatHarvardUniversity.SheisinterestedintransnationalapproachestothehistoryofCentralandEasternEurope,particularlytheHabsburgEmpireanditssuccessorstatesinthenineteenthandtwentiethcenturies.Herfirstbook,OilEmpire:VisionsofProsperityinAustrianGalicia(2005),wasawardedtheBarbaraJelavichBookPrize,theAustrianCulturalForumBookPrize,andwasco-winnerofthePolishStudiesAssociation'sOrbisPrizeinPolishStudies.Hercurrentbookproject,InvisibleEmpire:ANewGlobalHistoryofAustria,focusesontheAdriaticportcityofTriesteandtheHabsburgMonarchy'sparticipationinglobalcommerceinthelongnineteenthcentury.OtherinterestsincludetheEasternAlps,theMediterraneanslavetrade,andenvironmentalhistory.SheisassociatedirectoroftheCenterforHistoryandEconomics.

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