How the West won : the neglected story of the triumph of modernity /

How the West won : the neglected story of the triumph of modernity /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stark, Rodney (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Wilmington, Delaware : ISI Books, [2014]
Subjects:
Civilization, Western > History.
Civilization, Modern > History.
Science > History.
Technology > History.
Intellectual life > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Classical Beginnings (500 BCE-500 CE)
  • Stagnant Empires and the Greek "Miracle"
  • Jerusalem's Rational God
  • The Roman Interlude
  • Part II. Early Medieval Progress (500-1200)
  • Blessings of "European" Disunity
  • Northern Lights Over Christendom
  • Freedom and Capitalism
  • Part III. Medieval Transformations (1200-1500)
  • Climate, Plague and Social Change
  • Universities and Natural Philosophy
  • Industry, Trade, and Technology
  • Discovering the World
  • Part IV. The Dawn of Modernity (1500-1750)
  • New World Conquests and Colonies
  • The Rise and Fall of the Golden Empire
  • Luther's Reformation : Myths and Realities
  • Exposing Muslim Illusions
  • Science Comes of Age
  • Part V. Modernity (1750- )
  • The Industrial "Revolution"
  • Why Britain? Liberty, Merit and the "Bourgeois"
  • Globalization and Colonialism.