West, The: Encounters and Transformations, Volume 1 (Pearson+)

Brian Levack

Meredith Veldman

Edward Muir

Pearson

West: Encounters & Transformations, Volume 1 (to 1715) Value Pack (includes MyHistoryLab with E-Book Student Access Code for Wld Hist/West Civ - ... Vol. I & II) & Mapping Western Civilization)

BRIAN P. LEVACK

Michael Maas

PRENTICE/HALL

The West Encounters & Transformations Combined Volume (examination Copy)

Longman/Pearson

The West: Encounters & Transformations Combined Volume 3rd Edition Custom Edition for Oregon State University (1)

Pearson/Custom Publishing

2011 Custom Edition for Portland Community College.

The West Encounters and Transformations Combined Edition (CUSTOM EDITION FOR PORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE)

The West, Encounters and Transformations

History

Europe

The West Encounters and Transformations Combined Volume

Pearson costume publishing

The new edition of The Peoples of the British Isles presents the history of the peoples of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales from prehistoric times to the present. Through the frameworks of cultural, intellectual, and social history, the authors examine the conflicts and commonalities among the people of these four nations. The book focuses throughout on the lives of real people how they made a living, how they organized their society and institutions, how they related to each other, and how they understood themselves and their world. This volume covers the period following the Revolution of 1688 through the build up to the First World War. Beginning with the formation of the British nation-state, Heyck and Veldman follow the spread of English cultural influence and power to the Celtic peoples and beyond. MAJOR THEMES COVERED in this volume include: formation of the British nation-state; expansion of the British Empire; the demographic, agricultural, and industrial revolutions; shift from a society of orders to a class society; evolving gender roles; interplay of international warfare and domestic political change. FEATURES of the new edition: New chapters 18-22 extend the scope of this volume to include the late-Victorian and Edwardian periods, and the lead-up to World War I; Full and fair treatment of the Celtic countries of the British Isles and their interactions and conflicts with England; Fully incorporated, expanded coverage of popular culture, including new sections on the intersection of commercialism and culture; discussions of the work of Jane Austen, Elizabeth Gaskell, and George Eliot; and a discussion about the popularity of pleasure gardens; Fully incorporated, expanded coverage of women's issues including a discussion of the role of women in the revolts against Highland Clearances, and differences in legal status between women of the four nations; Expanded map program and updated suggested readings throughout

The Peoples Of The British Isles: A New History From 1688 to 1914

Thomas William Heyck

Lyceum Books

The new edition of The Peoples of the British Isles presents the history of the peoples of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales from prehistoric times to the present. Through the frameworks of cultural, intellectual, and social history, the authors examine the conflicts and commonalities among the people of these four nations. The book focuses throughout on the lives of real people how they made a living, how they organized their society and institutions, how they related to each other, and how they understood themselves and their world. This volume covers the period leading up to the First World War through present day Britain. MAJOR THEMES COVERED in this volume include: the expansion and decline of the British empire placed in the context of the changing global economic order; the wide-ranging impact of total war; cultural and economic history of the welfare state; the emerging fluidity of Britishness in a period of mass immigration and political devolution. FEATURES of the new edition: Full and fair treatment of the Celtic countries of the British Isles and their interactions and conflicts with England; Expanded discussion on Thatcher's Britain including sections on Thatcher's First Government, The Big Bang of 1986, and Thatcher's industrial policies in the context of global post-industrialization; New discussions on Post-Thatcher Britain including sections on Blair's Britain, the economic collapse of 2008, and emerging Islamism; Fully incorporated, expanded coverage of popular culture including discussions of Tolkien, pop art, rock and roll, and television soap operas; Fully incorporated, expanded coverage of women's issues including updated look at changes in women's roles during and after the wars, the impact of the permissive society and consumerism on gender roles; Expanded map program and suggested readings throughout.

The Peoples Of The British Isles: A New History From 1870 to the Present

The new edition of The Peoples of the British Isles presents the history of the peoples of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales from prehistoric times to the present. Through the frameworks of cultural, intellectual, and social history, the authors examine the conflicts and commonalities among the people of these four nations. The book focuses throughout on the lives of real people how they made a living, how they organized their society and institutions, how they related to each other, and how they understood themselves and their world. This new, combined volume covers the period following the Revolution of 1688 and the coronation of William of Orange through present day Britain. Heyck and Veldman deftly explore the British Isles' changing place in the world, and the implications of those changes for its people. MAJOR THEMES COVERED in this volume include: the formation of the British nation-state and the evolution of British national identity; the emergence, expansion, and decline of the British Empire in the context of a changing global economic order; Britain's rise as the world's foremost industrial power and its subsequent economic decline and adaption; the interplay of international warfare and domestic political change; the implications of Britain's changing roles in the world for social identities and gender roles. FEATURES of the new edition: New format combines what was once volume II and III into one single volume; Full and fair treatment of the Celtic countries of the British Isles and their interactions and conflicts with England; Expanded discussion on Thatcher's Britain and new discussions on Post-Thatcher Britain including sections on Blair's Britain, the economic collapse of 2008, and the challenge of Islamism; Fully incorporated, expanded coverage of popular culture including new sections on the intersection of commercialism and culture; discussions of the work of Jane Austen, Elizabeth Gaskell, and George Eliot; and discussions of pop art, rock and roll, and television soap operas; Fully incorporated, expanded coverage of women's issues including a discussion of the role of women in the revolts against Highland Clearances; differences in legal status between women of the four nations; an updated look at changes in women's roles during and after the wars; the impact of the permissible society and consumerism on gender roles; expanded map program and suggested readings throughout.

The Peoples Of The British Isles: A New History From 1688 to the Present

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