ch. 16. The rise of sovereignty: transition to the modern state
ch. 17. The scientific revolution: the universe seen as a mechanism
ch. 18. The Age of Enlightenment: reason and reform
pt. 4. An age of revolution: liberal, national, industrial 1789-1848. ch. 19. The French Revolution: the affirmation of liberty and equality
ch. 20. The Industrial Revolution: the great transformation
ch. 21. Thought and culture in the early nineteenth century
ch. 22. rEvolution and counterrevolution, 1815-1848
pt. 5. An age of contradiction: progress and breakdown 1848-1914. ch. 23. Thought and culture in the mid-nineteenth century: realism and social criticism
ch. 24. The surge of nationalism: from liberal to extreme nationalism
ch. 25. The industrial West: responses to modernization
ch. 26. Imperialism: western global dominance
ch. 27. Modern consciousness: new views of nature, human nature, and the arts
pt. 6. World Wars and totalitarianism: the West in crisis 1914-1945. ch. 28. World War I: the West in despair
ch. 29. An era of totalitarianism
ch. 30. Thought and culture in an era of World Wars and totalitarianism
ch. 31. World War II: western civilization in the balance
pt. 7. The contemporary world. ch. 32. Europe after World War II: recovery and realignment, 1945-1989
ch. 33. The troubled present
Epilogue: Reaffirming the core values of the western tradition.
