The West in the World, AP* Edition (Sherman), 5th Edition

New to this edition

We have revised the narrative and the features throughout this AP edition so as to keep it up-to-date and in pace with the latest scholarly work. We have also made revisions in response to adopters' and reviewers' comments. On a chapter-by-chapter basis, the significant changes include the following:

• A new Prologue chapter for the AP Edition that covers the West from its earliest beginnings to 1300
• The Prologue introduces students to AP themes and several key concepts they'll explore more fully in the later chapters
• The Prologue includes revised discussions, updated maps, and new art and visuals from this fifth edition

• Completely revised section on Peasant Revolts
• Expanded coverage of Jan Hus with new illustration
• Refined coverage of Joan of Arc
• Revised section on "Wars of the Roses"
• Increased coverage on Ottoman janissaries

• New "Thinking about Science and Technology" feature, "The Printing Press"
• New section on Northern Renaissance Painting with new illustration by Dürer
• New image of St. Peter's Basilica along with new discussion of its construction

• Increased coverage of witchcraft persecutions
• Increased coverage of Protestant theology, especially regarding Scripture reading
• Revised account of Spanish Inquisition and Index of Prohibited Books

• New coverage on the Chinese explorations of the 15^th century

• Extended coverage on the pressures facing Austria in the east and the west
• New material on the Ottomans challenge in eastern Europe and the Mediterranean

• New material on the nature and image of the Enlightenment
• New comparison of scholarship and technology between the East and the West

• Expanded discussion of Enlightened Absolutism
• New "Thinking about Science and Technology" feature, "The Golden Age of Canals"

• New "Thinking about Science and Technology" feature, "The Electric Motor"

• Extended coverage of resistance to imperial rule in India

• Extended coverage of the "second" industrial revolution in Western and non-Western worlds
• Expanded discussion of social classes and organizations dealing with urban poverty
• New material on the traditional and changing image of women

• Expanded discussion of the spread of World War I across the globe
• New material on revolutionary propaganda during the Russian revolution

• Major reorganization of the whole chapter stressing the close connections between the rise of authoritarianism, fascism in Italy, and Nazism in Germany
• New "Thinking about Science and Technology" feature, "Penicillin and Antibiotics"

• New material on the spread of authoritarian and totalitarian governments before World War II
• Expanded discussion of Japan and the war in the Pacific

• Recent political developments in Russia
• Updated material on the European Union and the stresses it has faced in recent years
• Updated material on the war in Afghanistan and terrorism
• New section on the causes, course, and potential consequences of the Arab Spring
• Expanded discussion of environmental challenges in recent years
• Updated material on the economic recession after 2008
• Extended coverage of particle physics at CERN