A History of Western Society Since 1300

A History of Western Society Since 1300

Author: Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks

Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education

Published: 2019-10-15

Total Pages: 2349

ISBN-13: 1319218466

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Praised by instructors and students alike for its readability and attention to everyday life, the thirteenth edition of A History of Western Society includes a greater variety of tools to engage todays students and save instructors time. This edition features an enhanced primary source program, a question-driven narrative, five chapters devoted to the lives of ordinary people that make the past real and relevant, and the best and latest scholarship throughout. Available for free when packaged with the print book, the popular digital assignment options for this text bring skill building and assessment to a highly effective level. The active learning options come in LaunchPad , which combines an accessible e-book with LearningCurve, an adaptive and automatically graded learning tool that—when assigned—helps ensure students read the book; the complete companion reader with quizzes on each source; and many other study and assessment tools. For instructors who want the easiest and most affordable way to ensure students come to class prepared, Achieve Read & Practice pairs LearningCurve adaptive quizzing and our mobile, accessible Value Edition e-book, in one easy-to-use product.


Sources for Western Society, Volume 1

Sources for Western Society, Volume 1

Author: John P. McKay

Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education

Published: 2013-09-20

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 1457655225

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Sources for Western Society provides a variety of primary sources to accompany A History of Western Society, Eleventh Edition and the new Value edition of A History of Western Society. With over fifty new selections—including a dozen new visual sources—and enhanced pedagogy throughout, students are given the tools to engage critically with canonical and lesser known sources, and prominent and ordinary voices. Each chapter includes a "Sources in Conversation" feature that presents differing views on key topics. This companion reader is an exceptional value for students and offers plenty of assignment options for instructors.


Networks of Power

Networks of Power

Author: Thomas Parke Hughes

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 1993-03

Total Pages: 492

ISBN-13: 9780801846144

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Awarded the Dexter Prize by the Society for the History of Technology, this book offers a comparative history of the evolution of modern electric power systems. It described large-scale technological change and demonstrates that technology cannot be understood unless placed in a cultural context.


Western Society: A Brief History

Western Society: A Brief History

Author: John P McKay

Publisher: Bedford

Published: 2009-03-30

Total Pages: 1008

ISBN-13:

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This brief edition offers the unsurpassed social history of A History of Western Society in an accessible, lively format. Short enough to use with supplements and more affordable than its parent text, A Brief History retains the sustained attention to daily life, the rich art and map program, and all of the special features of the full-length edition. Extensive study aids help students comprehend the material and prepare for exams. Now you can have it all in a briefer book.


A History of World Societies, Value Edition, Volume 2

A History of World Societies, Value Edition, Volume 2

Author: Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks

Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education

Published: 2017-09-22

Total Pages: 1244

ISBN-13: 1319070272

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The lively and accessible narrative and the hallmark focus on social and cultural history that has made A History of World Societies one of the most successful textbooks for the world history course is now available in a lower price format. The two-color Value Edition includes the full narrative, the popular "Individuals in Society" feature, and select images and maps.


Time and Social Theory

Time and Social Theory

Author: Barbara Adam

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-03-01

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 0745669395

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Time is at the forefront of contemporary scholarly inquiry across the natural sciences and the humanities. Yet the social sciences have remained substantially isolated from time-related concerns. This book argues that time should be a key part of social theory and focuses concern upon issues which have emerged as central to an understanding of today's social world. Through her analysis of time Barbara Adam shows that our contemporary social theories are firmly embedded in Newtonian science and classical dualistic philosophy. She exposes these classical frameworks of thought as inadequate to the task of conceptualizing our contemporary world of standardized time, computers, nuclear power and global telecommunications.


A Concise Survey of Western Civilization

A Concise Survey of Western Civilization

Author: Brian A. Pavlac

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Published: 2011-01-16

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1442207833

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This engaging text offers a brief, readable description of our common Western heritage as it began in the first human societies and developed in ancient Greece and Rome, then through the Middle Ages. Providing a tightly focused narrative and interpretive structure, Brian A. Pavlac covers the basic historical information that all educated adults should know. His joined terms "supremacies and diversities" develop major themes of conflict and creativity throughout history. The text is also informed by five other topical themes: technological innovation, migration and conquest, political and economic decision-making, church and state, and disputes about the meaning of life. Written with flair, this easily accessible yet deeply knowledgeable text provides all the essentials for a course on Western civilization.


Children and Childhood in Western Society Since 1500

Children and Childhood in Western Society Since 1500

Author: Hugh Cunningham

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-07-10

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 131786803X

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This book investigates the relationship between ideas about childhood and the actual experience of being a child, and assesses how it has changed over the span of five hundred years. Hugh Cunningham tells an engaging story of the development of ideas about childhood from the Renaissance to the present, taking in Locke, Rosseau, Wordsworth and Freud, revealing considerable differences in the way western societites have understood and valued childhood over time. His survey of parent/child relationships uncovers evidence of parental love, care and, in the frequent cases of child death, grief throughout the period, concluding that there was as much continuity as change in the actual relations of children and adults across these five centuries. For undergraduate courses in History of the Family, European Social History, History of Children and Gender History.


The Two Cultures

The Two Cultures

Author: C. P. Snow

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-03-26

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1107606144

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The importance of science and technology and future of education and research are just some of the subjects discussed here.


The World Book Encyclopedia

The World Book Encyclopedia

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 554

ISBN-13:

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An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.