The West: Encounters & Transformationstakes a new approach to telling the story of Western Civilization. Rather than looking at Western Civilization only as the history of Europefrom ancient times to the present, this groundbreaking book examines the changing nature of the West-how the definition of the West has evolved and transformed throughout history.
The West explores the ways Western civilization has changed as a result of cultural encounters with different beliefs, ideas, technologies, and peoples, both outside the West and within it. Presenting a balanced treatment of political, social, religious, and cultural history, this text emphasizes the ever-shifting boundaries of the geographic and cultural realm of the West.
- ISBN10 0321364031
- ISBN13 9780321364036
- Publish Date 8 March 2006 (first published 28 September 2003)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 27 November 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Pearson
- Edition 2nd edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 496
- Language English