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Foundations of Western Civilization II: A History of the Modern Western World
- Narrated by: Robert Bucholz
- Length: 24 hrs and 35 mins
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Foundations of Western Civilization II: A History of the Modern Western World
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Publisher's Summary
Beginning with the Renaissance, the culture of the West exploded. Over the next 600 years, rapid innovations in philosophy, technology, economics, military affairs, and politics allowed what had once been a cultural backwater left by the collapse of the Roman Empire to dominate the world.
This comprehensive series of 48 lectures by an award-winning teacher and captivating lecturer will show you how - and why - this extraordinary transformation took place.
As you listen to the series, you'll begin to grasp not only the history of Western civilization, but the meaning of civilization itself, as this grand narrative of the past five centuries creates a coherent context for the period's events and trends, and offers an analysis of what these five centuries have bequeathed to us. Lecture by lecture, you'll explores the ideas, events, and characters that modeled Western political, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, scientific, technological, and economic history between the 16th and 20th centuries. You'll learn how Western civilization was shaped by the low as well as the mighty, the practical as well as the artistic. You'll gain a larger understanding of the political, social, and cultural events that shaped Europe. And you'll explore the ramifications of these epoch-making events on the rest of the world, including the United States.
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- Garyfmp
- 13-12-2015
Great job in joining the dots of European/Western history
Listened to the whole lecture, well presented and easy to follow. Even if one is only interested in one branch of western history eg. French History, I believe this is still time well spent.
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- Anonymous User
- 22-02-2019
Brilliant.
Well taught, fascinating content. Cannot recommend highly enough for anyone interested in modem Western history, or as a general education in some foundational politico-cultural concepts.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-12-2018
Excellent
Made me reconsider much of my presuppositions on the last 500 years of history. I also really liked the narrator, quite objective on many issues.
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- Kindle Customer
- 11-02-2020
An excellent account of modern history
An excellent account of the history of western Europe over the past few hundred years. It provided context and a better understanding of global events and international relationships during my lifetime. A lot of information to absorb but the delivery, anecdotes and storytelling approach brought history to life. One of the best audiobooks I have listened to and will listen to again.
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- mike tibbitts
- 12-05-2019
Really very good
wonderful. fascinating, beautifully delivered; really very great. eight more unnecessary words to meet the quota.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-11-2022
Very civilised history of western civilisation
A long and very thoughtful history and broader in its overview then the title might suggest. Worthwhile in every respect but especially the end lectures on civilisation and what that mean.
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- Alec
- 13-07-2020
Informative and Entertaining
A great overview of Western European history. The course is easy to listen to and really informative. The narration was great, would really recommend this course to others, in fact I liked it so much I listened to it twice.
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- SYLVIANNE
- 08-11-2016
Insightful Grand Oration
Professor Bucholz does a masterful job covering such a vast epoch of Western Civilization brilliantly
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-05-2021
Stereotyped, simplistic, superficial
Simplistic: mostly through the comparison of Britain (especially England) and France. Stereotyped: goddies (English, Protestants and secularism) v badies (French, Catholics and religion). Often read from a paper rather than told as in a lecture. Mostly limited to an English perspective. Black & white assertions, few shades of grey in the interpretation of facts. Superficial: hardly any depth in studying other countries in Europe outside the UK. Simplistic: WW1 was 'Europe's Vietnam', West is democratic, East is authoritarian (and Germany is East...). Sometimes historically wrong (eg 'revolutions in South America against Portugal' --Brazil became independent pacifically, or 'Eastern Block countries like Italy and Spain' supporting the US invasion of Iraq in 2003). What a contrast with the first book of this series, excellently taught and narrated by Thomas Noble!
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