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    History and Headlines contributorsBy History and Headlines contributorsAugust 5, 2021Updated:October 10, 2021No Comments5 Mins Read
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    A Brief History

    This article presents tables of contents for our online versions of freely accessible “textbooks” for college history courses.

    Digging Deeper

    American History through the Civil War

    An examination of the creation and development of a distinctively American civilization, from its origins through the Civil War (to 1865)

    1. Introduction
    2. The New Global World
    3. The Invasion and Settlement of North America: Creating a British Empire in America, 1550-1750
    4. Growth and Crisis in Colonial Society, 1720-1765
    5. Toward Independence: Years of Decision, 1763-1776
    6. Making War and Republican Governments, 1776-1789
    7. Politics and Society in the New Republic, 1787-1820
    8. Economic Transformation, 1790-1860
    9. A Democratic Revolution, 1820-1844
    10. Religion and Reform, 1820-1860
    11. The South Expands: Slavery and Society, 1800-1860
    12. Expansion, War, and Sectional Crisis, 1844-1860
    13. Two Societies at War, 1861-1865
    14. Conclusion

    American History after the Civil War

    An examination of how the fundamental American principles of freedom and equality developed as the United States emerged as the world’s leading power from the Civil War to the present

    1. Introduction and Reconstruction
    2. Conquering a Continent
    3. Industrial America at Work
    4. The Rise and Reform of Industrial Cities
    5. Populists and Progressives
    6. An Emerging World Power
    7. Wrestling with Modernity
    8. The Great Depression and the New Deal
    9. The World at War, 1937-1945
    10. Cold War America from 1945 to 1963
    11. Triumph of the Middle Class
    12. The Civil Rights Movement
    13. Conservative America Ascendant
    14. Conclusion on National Dilemmas in Global Society

    The French Revolution and Napoleon

    Analysis of the causes of Revolution in France, political, ideological and social conflict in the construction of French democracy expansion of the revolution outside of France.

    1. Introduction
    2. The General Crisis of the Seventeenth Century: Social Crises, Wars, and Rebellions
    3. The Scientific Revolution
    4. Constitutionalism
    5. Absolutism
    6. The Enlightenment
    7. The American Revolution
    8. The French Revolution
    9. Napoleon
    10. The Revolutions of 1848
    11. Conclusion

    Western Civilization to 1500

    This course will seek to answer the question “What is civilization?” by studying certain historical moments in the West-classical Greece, the Roman Republic, early Christianity, the High Middle Ages, and the Renaissance-in order to see the changes over time in politics, religion, society, economics, and culture and to realize the extent to which the present world has inherited these institutional and intellectual foundations of human life.

    1. Introduction
    2. Pre-History
    3. The First Civilizations
    4. The Second Generation of Civilizations
    5. Ancient Slaves and Women
    6. Early Greece
    7. Classical and Hellenistic Greece
    8. The Fall of Macedon and the Rise of Rome
    9. The Pax Romana
    10. The Transformation of the Roman Empire
    11. Unity and Diversity in Three Heirs of the Roman Empire
    12. Renewal and Reform
    13. An Age of Confidence
    14. Crisis
    15. Renaissance
    16. The Experiences of Life in Early Modern Europe

    Western Civilization from 1500

    This course examines how the peoples of Western Europe understood freedom and sought to secure it in the 500 years from the Renaissance to World War II. Focusing on selected historical moments during this period, the course considers how this quest for freedom transformed politics, religion, economics, and morality; it also examines the reaction to this transformation, especially in totalitarianism.

    1. Introduction
    2. Renaissance
    3. The Spanish Golden Age
    4. The Experiences of Life in Early Modern Europe
    5. The General Crisis of the Seventeenth Century: Social Crises, Wars, and Rebellions
    6. Artists and Composers
    7. The Scientific Revolution
    8. Constitutionalism
    9. Absolutism
    10. The Enlightenment
    11. The American Revolution
    12. The French Revolution
    13. Napoleon
    14. The Revolutions of 1848
    15. An Age of Industry in the Pax Britannica (1815-1914)
    16. Causes of World War I
    17. World War I
    18. The Fall of the Russian Empire and the Rise of the Soviet Union
    19. Fascism and Nazism
    20. World War II and the Holocaust
    21. Consequences of World War II: The Rise of the Cold War to 1962 and the Fall of Empires
    22. Conclusion of the Civilization Sequence

    World History: Ancient and Medieval

    World history from early human societies through the mid-17th century.

    1. Introduction
    2. Pre-History
    3. The First Civilizations
    4. The Second Generation of Civilizations
    5. Ancient Slaves and Women
    6. Early Greece
    7. Classical and Hellenistic Greece
    8. The Fall of Macedon and the Rise of Rome
    9. The Pax Romana
    10. The Transformation of the Roman Empire
    11. Unity and Diversity in Three Heirs of the Roman Empire
    12. Renewal and Reform
    13. An Age of Confidence
    14. Crisis
    15. Renaissance
    16. The Spanish Golden Age
    17. The Experiences of Life in Early Modern Europe

    World History: Modern

    World history from mid-17th century to the present.

    1. Introduction
    2. The General Crisis of the Seventeenth Century: Social Crises, Wars, and Rebellions
    3. Artists and Composers
    4. The Scientific Revolution
    5. Constitutionalism
    6. Absolutism
    7. The Enlightenment
    8. The American Revolution
    9. The French Revolution
    10. Napoleon
    11. The Revolutions of 1848
    12. An Age of Industry in the Pax Britannica (1815-1914)
    13. Causes of World War I
    14. World War I
    15. The Fall of the Russian Empire and the Rise of the Soviet Union
    16. Fascism and Nazism
    17. World War II and the Holocaust
    18. Consequences of World War II: The Rise of the Cold War to 1962 and the Fall of Empires
    19. The Culture of Protest: Contesting the Cold War Order in the 1960s
    20. The End of the Cold War
    21. Conclusion of the Civilization Sequence

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    Historical Evidence

    For more information, please see…

    Markham, J. David and Matthew Zarzeczny.  Simply Napoleon (Great Lives).  Simply Charly, 2017.

    Zarzeczny, Matthew D.  Meteors That Enlighten the Earth: Napoleon and the Cult of Great Men.  Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

    The featured image in this article, a collage by Carn of famous women, is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

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