The modernization of the Western world : a society transformed / John McGrath and Kathleen Callanan Martin ; with Jay P. Corrin, Michael G. Kort, Susan Hagood Lee, John W. Mackey, and Benjamin E. Varat.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The modernization of the Western world / John McGrath and Jay P. Corrin -- Modernization and social change / Kathleen Callanan Martin -- The ancient and classical inheritance / John McGrath -- Europe in the Medieval era / John McGrath -- The late Middle Ages and the transformation of Medieval society / John McGrath -- The Italian Renaissance / John McGrath and Kathleen Callanan Martin -- The Reformation / Susan Hagood Lee -- Commerce, cities, and capitalism / John McGrath -- The centralization and rationalization of the political state / John McGrath -- The Enlightenment / John McGrath -- The French Revolution / John McGrath -- The Industrial Revolution / John W. Mackey -- Classical liberalism and the bourgeois state / Kathleen Callanan Martin -- Karl Marx and the socialist response to capitalism / Kathleen Callanan Martin -- Nationalism and nations / John W. Mackey -- The age of empire / John W. Mackey -- The Great War / Benjamin E. Varat -- Europe between wars / Jay P. Corrin -- The rise of fascism / Jay P. Corrin -- Total war: World War II / Michael G. Kort -- The cold war / Benjamin E. Varat -- Globalization and social change / John McGrath -- Terror and terrorism / John McGrath.

"Presents an overview of the history of Western civilization from ancient history to the current era of globalization"-- Provided by publisher.