Covering European history from the invention of the printing press to
the French Revolution, the third edition of this best-selling textbook
is thoroughly updated with new scholarship and an emphasis on
environmental history, travel and migration, race and cultural blending,
and the circulation of goods and knowledge. Summaries, timelines, maps,
illustrations, and discussion questions illuminate the narrative and
support the student. Enhanced online content and sections on sources and
methodology give students the tools they need to study early modern
European history. Leading historian Merry Wiesner-Hanks skillfully
balances breadth and depth of coverage to create a strong narrative,
paying particular attention to the global context of European
developments. She integrates discussion of gender, class, regional, and
ethnic differences across the entirety of Europe and its overseas
colonies as well as the economic, political, religious, and cultural
history of the period.