LibGuides: HIS2603 Civilization Past and Present II: Books

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Age of Louis XIV: The Story of Civilization, volume 8 / by Will Durant and Ariel Durant. Volume 8 in the 11 volume set.
Age of Napoleon: The Story of Civilization, volume 11 / by Will Durant and Ariel Durant The 11th and final volume in the set.
Age of Reason Begins: The Story of Civilization, volume 7 / by Will Durant and Ariel Durant. Volume 7 in the 11 volume set.
Age of Voltaire: The Story of Civilization, volume 9 / by Will Durant and Ariel Durant This is the 9th volume in the set. Scroll down to book 5, beginning in 1730 to read how the Church was attacked and what happened to 1789. Both authors wrote from a secular worldview.
Church History, Volume Two: From Pre-Reformation to the Present Day: / by John D. Woodbridge, Frank A. James III This covers church history from 1300 to the present.
Church history handbooks, Volume 2 / by Henry Clay Vedder Reformation period.
History of the reformation, Volume 1/ by Henry Stebbing
History of the Reformation / by J. H. Merle D’Aubigne The original 5 volume set was published in French. This is still regarded as among the best on the subject. This English translation is dated 1846.
History of the reformation in Europe in the time of Calvin, volume 1: Geneva and France / by Merle d'Aubigné and J. H. (Jean Henri), 1794-1872. This volume follows the 5 volumes written in the reformation as it was known to Luther.
Rousseau and Revolution: The Story of Civilization, volume 10 / by Will Durant and Ariel Durant. Volume 10 in the 11 volume set.
Story of Civilization, 11 volumes, by Will and Ariel Durant This 11 volume, 8827p set is considered one of the most sweeping sets covering civilization. Go to WorldCat.org and limit the search to Books to find copies in local libraries. Be sure the postal code just above the search results is the local code so it will tell which local libraries may have copies of the volumes. Individual titles: Our Oriental Heritage, v. 1; Life of Greece, v. 2; Caesar and Christ, v. 3; Age of Faith, v. 4; Renaissance, v. 5; Reformation, v.6; Age of Reason Begins, v. 7; Age of Louis XIV, v. 8; Age of Voltaire, v. 9; Rousseau and Revolution, v. 10; Age of Napoleon, v. 11.

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LCSH	Keyword
ENLIGHTENMENT	humanitarian movements
SCIENTIFIC revolution	industrialization
GREAT Awakening	Critique of Pure Reason
INDUSTRIAL revolution	Syllabus of Errors
URBANIZATION	universal education
PIETISM	Sykes-Picot agreement
PIETISTS	mandates
MORAVIANS	Balfour Declaration
OXFORD movement	Muslim Brotherhood
WOMEN'S rights	economic growth
ANTISLAVERY movement	population growth
LAW reform	United States leadership style
PRISON reform	Pacific Rim countries
SUNDAY schools--History	Southeast Asia [globalization]
KANT, Immanuel, 1724-1804	Southeast Asia [nationalism]
HUME, David, 1711-1776	Southeast Asia [ethnicity]
SWEDENBORG, Emanuel, 1688-1772	Southeast Asia [ideology]
ZINZENDORF, Nicolaus Ludwig, Graf von, 1700-1760	Southeast Asia [religion]
WILBERFORCE, William, 1759-1833
WORLD War, 1914-1918
WORLD War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Palestine
PALESTINE--Politics & government
PALESTINIAN Arabs
MIDDLE East--History
ZIONISTS
EUROPEAN Union
TECHNOLOGY
GLOBALIZATION
TECHNOLOGY [and] GLOBALIZATION
PENTECOSTALISM [and] GLOBALIZATION--Religious aspects