Personalities and Problems : Interpretive Essays in World Civilizations 〈2〉 （2 SUB）

Wolf, Ken

McGraw-Hill College（1998/07発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 197 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780070713499
• DDC分類 909

Full Description

This is a unique collection of original essays about real people whose lives or careers show us different solutions to problems of their times. Each chapter focuses on a problem or issue and illustrates this issue or problem by discussing the lives of two historical figures (actual or near contemporaries of each other) whose careers show us different solutions to the problem. Most of the chapters develop cross-cultural comparisons.

Contents

PrefaceChapter 1Erasmus and Luther: The Reformer's DilemmaChapter 3: Elizabeth and Akbar: The Religion of the Ruler?Chapter 4: Kangxi and Louis XIV: Dynastic Rulers, East and WestChapter 5: Bacon and Galileo: The New ScienceChapter 6: Burke and Condorcet: Are People Perfectible?Chapter 7: Toussaint and Tecumseh: Resisting the OddsChapter 8: George Sand and Harriet Beecher Stowe: Exploring Women's "Sphere"Chapter 9: Bismarck and Ito: Conservatives and ConstitutionsChapter 10: Chimwere and York: Heroes in Two WorldsChapter 11: Hitler and Stalin: Ideas or Personalities?Chapter 12: Eva Peron and Golda Meir: Helping and Dispossessed-Two ModelsChapter 13: M. K. Gandhi and Ho Chi Minh: Paths to IndependenceChapter 14: Teller and Sakharov: Scientists in Politics