Revised edition of: Western civilization since 1500.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The ancient heritage -- 2. The medieval heritage -- 3. The beginning of "the modern age" (1492-1517) -- 4. The new monarchies -- 5. The age of the reformation (1517-1555) -- 6. The aftermath of renassance and reformation(1555-1603) -- 7. the emergence of the modern state system(1603-1648) -- 8. the age of louis XIV(1643-1715) -- 9. The age of enlightenment (1715-1774) -- 10. The age of revolution (1775-1795) -- 11. The nepoleonic era (1795 -- 1815) -- 12. Nationalism, liberalism, industrialism (1815-1830) -- 13. Society, arts, and sciences (1815-1848) -- 14. the bourgeois era and revolution (1830-1848) -- 15. Political reorganization (1848-1870) -- 16. revaluation of values (1848-1870) -- 17. The era of bismarck (1870-1914) -- 18. Economic and cultural trends (1870-1914) -- 19. The road to world war II (1890-1914) -- 20. war, peace, and revolution (1914-1919) -- 21. The twilight of liberlism -- 22. Depression, fascism, and war (1929-1945) -- 23. The poster era (1947-1967) -- 24. A world in transition -- 25. Glasnost and perestroika.