A Brief History of Western Civilization

A Brief History of Western Civilization

Author: Mark A. Kishlansky

Publisher: Longman Publishing Group

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9780321196767

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Brings the study of Western Civilization with balanced coverage of an array of historical figures and events. Including integrated coverage of social - as well as economic, religious, and cultural history within a traditional, political framework, it explores everyday events and ordinary people as well as momentous affairs and powerful elites.


Becoming Visible

Becoming Visible

Author: Renate Bridenthal

Publisher: Cengage Learning

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780395796252

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Thematic emphases in this text include the contacts between European women and those outside European frontiers, sexuality and its importance for the construction of gender over the centuries, and the role of women in the great events and movements in European history and the impact of such events on them.


Where Have All the Soldiers Gone?

Where Have All the Soldiers Gone?

Author: James J. Sheehan

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780547086330

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An eminent historian offers a sweeping look at Europes tumultuous 20th century, showing how the rejection of violence after World War II transformed a continent.


Lives and Voices

Lives and Voices

Author: Lisa DiCaprio

Publisher: Cengage Learning

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 664

ISBN-13:

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"Anthologizes primary source materials about women's lives and presents an overview of the variety of women's experiences dating from ancient Mesopotamia to contemporary Bosnia ... [including] Plato, Christine de Pizan, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Virginia Woolf, as well as sources that have never before been published in English. The collection ... ranges widely in terms of topic, social class, and geography; both male- and female-authored texts are included to present a range of normative, descriptive, and reflective materials"--Back cover


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.


Western Civilization: Ideas, Politics, and Society, Volume II: From 1600

Western Civilization: Ideas, Politics, and Society, Volume II: From 1600

Author: Marvin Perry

Publisher: Cengage Learning

Published: 2015-01-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781305091429

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WESTERN CIVILIZATION: IDEAS, POLITICS, AND SOCIETY, Eleventh Edition, maintains a firm grounding in political history, while covering intellectual history (particularly the significance of ideas and contributions) to greater and deeper extent than any other text for the course. Known for its accessible writing style, this text appeals to students and instructors alike for its brevity, clarity, and careful selection of content-including material on religion and philosophy. Updated with more recent scholarship, the eleventh edition retains many popular features, including comparative timelines, full-color art essays, and profile and primary source excerpts in each chapter. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.