Western Society A Brief History, Volume 1 From Antiquity to Enlightenment by John P. McKay

Western Society A Brief History, Volume 1 From Antiquity to Enlightenment by John P. McKay ISBN-10: 0312683006 ISBN-13: 9780312683009The first edition of A History of Western Society grew out of our desire to infuse new lifeinto the study of Western civilization. We knew that historians were using imaginativequestions and innovative research to open up vast new areas of historical interest andknowledge. We also recognized that these advances had dramatically affected the subjectof European economic, cultural, and, especially, social history, while new scholarshipand fresh interpretations were also revitalizing the study of the traditional mainstreamof political, diplomatic, and religious developments. Our goal was to write a textbookthat refl ected these dynamic changes, and we have been gratifi ed by the tremendousresponse to this book on the part of both instructors and students.