From the Book - 1st Pegasus Books ed.
In the beginning : prehistory and illiterate societies
A torrent of words : change and custom in classical Greece
The birth of abstraction : Plato, Aristotle, and the rational mind
The universal civilization : Rome and the barbarians
Augustine's vision of Christianity : from rebel sect to universal faith
Religion as civilization : the establishment of Western Christendom
Another way of living : the medieval town and communal life
Art as civilization : wealth, power, and innovation in the Italian Renaissance
The search for the Christian life : the European Reformation as a new beginning
Kings, armies, and nations : the rise of the military state
Us and them : colonization and slavery
The rational individual : theory and practice in making society
Enlightenment and revolution : politics and reason in France and America
Industrialization and nationalism : British dominance and the ideology of freedom
From rural colonies to industrial continent : the making of modern America
Towards the abyss : technology, ideology, apocalypse
The end of civilization : Depression, extremism, and genocide in Europe, America, and Asia
The post-war world : from social cohesion to global marketplace.
