Book Description
KEY BENEFIT: A true exploration of world history, this book links chronology, themes, and geography in eight units, or parts of study, each emphasizes a single theme–origins, cities, empires, religion, trade, migrations, revolutions, and technology.
KEY TOPICS: As in the first two editions, this book focuses throughout on three major questions–What do we know? How do we know it? What difference does it make?–but the organization has changed, giving each feature a clearer place. Rich in primary sources–both written and visual–and in data and interpretation, it addresses how historians form, debate, and revise our historical understanding of the world, shows the value of other disciplines in understanding history, and helps readers begin to assess their own place in the ongoing history of the world.
MARKET: A great resource for the professional historian.
Customer Reviews:
The World's History, The, Combined Volume (3rd Edition).......2007-07-25
This is an excellent review of world history. My high school daughter purchased this for her AP World History class, and we will keep and use it as a reference book for the home.
A text book that teaches.......2004-04-14
I have been using this text book in my AP World History class for about a year now. The contents of the book are wonderfully organized. This is perfect for the AP exam because it demonstrates continuities from one time period to another and from one place to another. Unlike other text books, this book is organized by region, along with time periods. The chapters will be organized by a place in a certain time. For example, chapter 10 could be China and India from 1914 to 2000, while another is Russia and Japan from 1914 to 2000. Overall, it is well organized and well written. There are enrichment sections on almost all the pages, providing extra knowledge about a subject.
Book Description
For introductory-level survey courses in Western Civilization and European History and Civilization; or a supplemental text in Art History or other basic cultural history survey courses.
This highly visual brief survey of Western civilization provides an exceptionally balanced survey of the political, social, and cultural development of Western civilization-its strengths and weaknesses, and the controversies surrounding it. The Teaching & Learning Classroom edition of the highly successful The Western Heritage, Ninth Edition provides your students with the most help available in reading, thinking, and applying the material they are learning in the text and in lecture. A series of pedagogical aids, in text and out of class study companions, as well as complete instructor presentational and assessment support makes this text the perfect choice for those looking to make history come alive for their students.
Book Description
The authors of the Eleventh Edition of Civilization Past and Present—
specialists in Islamic, African, Asian, Ancient, Russian, and East European history—weave the diverse trends of world history into a clear and accessible analysis for today's students.
Civilization Past and Present, well known in the marketplace as a highly readable survey text, delivers a strong narrative of world history and a level of detail that is manageable for students and solid for instructors. Using images and documents that enhance the text's content, the narrative traces connections across cultures and introduces intriguing avenues of historical interpretation. The text examines all aspects of world history—social, political, economic, religious, cultural, and geographic.
Customer Reviews:
History Book.......2005-09-12
I recieved the item locally from the seller, they did not offer to refund or my shipping charges that I paid even though there ws no shipping involved.. thats ok though I got a great price on the book and the shipping did not offset that.
Book Description
This comprehensive, accessible survey of world history has been extensively revised to provide an even more global and comparative perspective on the events and processes that have shaped our increasingly interdependent world. Written by leading scholars in their respective fields, Heritage of World Civilizations, 6/e, combines unusually strong and thorough coverage of the unique heritage of Asian, African, Islamic, Western, and American civilizations, while highlighting the role of the world's great religious and philosophical traditions.
Interactive maps—one Web-based interactive map in each chapter—provides readers with opportunities to explore the relationships between time and space in shaping world history.
A three-volume organization (available in A,B,C splits)— Volume A covers antiquity to 1300; Volume B covers the period from 1300-1850; and Volume C covers the Enlightenment to the present. Sixth editions now provide roughly the same amount of coverage for European and non-European regions. Volumes include European events during the High Middle Ages and Renaissance; extensive discussion of globalization, terrorism, and the challenges facing the world in the 21st century; revised coverage of the ancient world—treatment of the origins of humankind has been completely rewritten to reflect the newest scholarship; provides significant new coverage of women in ancient Greece and Rome. For anyone interested in world civilization or world history.
Customer Reviews:
Good.......2005-09-26
Book cover was torn but i actually got this book from amazon. Thats a first since the others never showed.
Nice, but not what I'd expected!.......2005-09-09
This is a very good book, information is well laid out and presented--but I didn't realize it was a high school textbook! If I'd known, I probably wouldn't have ordered it.
The perfet good to aquire a good general overview of History.......2000-03-05
I abhorred History when I was at school. When I've matured and grown more realist I've started to consider the importance of history to try understand what happens around me. I started with The Penguin History of the World" by J.M. Roberts; I don't recommend that book for beginners though it's a good book (I actually hadn't courage enough to finish it, it exists in audiobook too). This book is written by five american scholars which I think gives it a more general scope than others written by a single author. It includes a CD-ROM with the whole book plus a multimedia summary of human history read by a beautiful voice, photographs, Questionnaires, Quizzes, maps and the Complete Webster's New World Dictionary. There's an exclusive webpage for the book with quizzes, add-on reports and links to other history websites, there you can have your questions answered and your exercises corrected (I haven't used it yet though). Sincerely I didn't expect this book to be so good. The CD-ROM is the same for each of the separate books or for the complete version, so, buying the first or second part alone you have the full CD-ROM encompassing all world history.
A fantastic book! I loved it!.......1997-07-24
No book captures the authentity of world civilizations as this one does. A masterpiece
Book Description
A core text for introductory-level survey courses in Western Civilization and European History and Civilization.
Written by leading scholars in the field, this authoritative text presents an engaging and balanced narrative of the central developments in Western history. Seamlessly integrating coverage of social, cultural and political history, this text is presented in a flexible chronological organization. The new Ninth Edition provides updated scholarship, expanded coverage of cultural history, the ancient Near East, late antiquity, imperialism, and the Holocaust.
Book Description
Now completely revised in this seventh edition, A History of Russia covers the entire span of the country's history, from ancient times to the postcommunist present. Featuring a new coauthor, Mark Steinberg, this edition offers extensively updated material based on the most current research, including documents from recently opened archives. Keeping with the hallmark of the text, Riasanovsky and Steinberg examine all aspects of Russia's history--political, international, military, economic, social, and cultural--with a commitment to objectivity, fairness, and balance. This seventh edition contains a wealth of new images and a fully revised bibliography and reading list. Two new chapters on politics, society, and culture since 1991 explore Russia's complex experience after communism and discuss its chances of becoming a more stable and prosperous country in the future. Widely acclaimed as the best one-volume history available, A History of Russia is being offered in paperback for the first time. In addition to the one-volume version, it is now also available in two separate volumes--Volume I covers early Russia through the nineteenth century and Volume II ranges from 1855 to the present. Volume II also features an additional introductory chapter that links Russia's modern history to the events that preceded it.
Customer Reviews:
State of the Art Overview of Russian History ?.......2007-04-04
From what I've been able to determine, this seems to be the state of the art in single volume Russian Histories as Russia comes out of "The Soviet Era" where meaningful histories were at best very hard to come by.
As a long time student of history, I'm just now turning my sites to Russia, so I don't claim to be an expert. But when I started dating a delightful woman from Russian, my interest in learning as much as I could about her homeland was a natural. As I started to research the topic, I was a bit surprised to find how difficult it was to find thorough histories of Russia ... until I began to understand that "Soviet times" made serious treatment of history exceptionally challenging ... and Soviet times have only been a thing of the past for a relatively short period of time.
So, given that there simply isn't as yet a wide variety of material available on this subject, it wasn't to hard to sort out which were among the best, and "A History of Russia" seems to be one of the top contenders. I use it in conjunction with the Penguin Historical Atlas of Russia (with tons of very helpful maps) and find I'm getting a great and detailed overview of Russia's past. I'll have a better feeling for how balanced and accurate this work is after I've had a chance to read more books on the topic, but it seems that this book is at very least a great place to start one's research of Russia's past.
I will point out here, as I did with the Penguin Atlas, if you're looking for information on the ANCIENT history of Russia ... or, perhaps more accurately ... Russia's pre-history ... you won't find too much here. I don't think that's a failing of this book ... there just doesn't seem to be that much written history of what came before Kievan Russia or much archaeology of this area. Unlike nations such as Britain or Egypt where much was written and much has been excavated, Russia, more like the United States, has a very detailed history of it's recent past ... and very little detailed information about it's more distant past.
With that said, I think "A History of Russia" is a great place to begin one's studies of Russia. Reviews by others with more expertise seem to suggest it's more than just a beginner's introduction ... but you should rely on their reviews for that point of view.
Miserable writing and poor factual presentation.......2006-07-18
I am at a loss to explain the five-star reviews of this book. It is one of the most poorly written history books I have ever read. Sentences and facts are constantly qualified, as if the author is afraid to state a fact or opinion. The thoughts and flow are poorly organized, which the author attempts to correct by using long compound sentences. Frequent reference is made to other works with nothing more, like "the Slavs ate green cheese, although some of it wasn't green and one must consider the arguments of Miakovsky in that regard".
I was very excited to get a history of Russia, especially concerning the earlier periods, as I enjoy reading history and had just finished a good work on medieval Europe (@400 AD - 1200 AD). I really wanted to follow the connected tribal migrations and religious history to the east for the same period.
I was sorely disappointed in my purchase and put it down after 100 pages. I suggest you look elsewhere for Russian history.
Very thorough and readable-Excellent choice for a class.......2006-05-31
I had the privilege of taking many classes given by Prof. Riasanovsky at Berkeley in the early 70's. Now as a high school teacher, I use his book as our text. It is thorough, clear, explains historical transitions well, and gets high praise from my students. Excellent index and references.
Impressive, comprehensive and somewhat dry.......2006-05-14
What country spans multiple time zones, is populated by peoples of numerous religions and races, was built by war, conquest and immigration, whose geography encompasses massive lakes, endless rivers, inhospitable deserts and cold arctic forests, and whose every change in step sends shivers down the spine of its neighbors? The USA? No, the answer is Russia, the topic of this comprehensive text. Covering the history of this land and its peoples from its origins at Kiev to the fall of the Soviet Union, this book is probably the ultimate text for those not familiar with this topic and want to learn about it. The book devotes attention to the usual topics such as Peter the Great, serfdom, the Russian Revolution, the two World Wars, communism and the space race / nuclear age. The book also addresses many lesser known topics about Russia's history; such as the diversity of Russia's population, and the affects of Viking invaders from the West and North, and Mongol invaders from the South and East. The book is laid out in chronological order, and a straight reading from cover to cover takes about 1 - 2 weeks of dedicated reading, and will reward the reader with an objective, and comprehensive understanding of this country; its past, present and future. I highly recommend it.
A Thorough Introduction to Russian History.......2006-01-20
For anyone interested in an introduction to the history of Russia, I highly recommend Riasanovsky's book. It provides a thorough overview of a very rich and complicated subject within the confines of a single volume. I was impressed with the manner in which the author breaks down the timeline of Russian history and treats subtopics (such as cultural developments) separately. I just completed this book and have already recommended it to others whom I know are interested in learning more about Russia.
Book Description
This is the world history book that gives students the whole story. The World is the
first world history textbook that shows, through a holistic, truly engaging narrative, the fundamental interrelationships between peoples and their environment. This is the first textbook for which the author’s ability to tell the story of the World will help students to learn world history, and help teachers to teach world history. Author Felipe Fernandez-Armesto is a world renowned historian, world respected scholar, successful author of more than 25 books translated into 22 languages, as well as an exceptional writer, highly sought after speaker, and inspiring classroom teacher. Felipe Fernandez-Armesto is a master historian and storyteller. His work and his writing have helped to shape and define the discipline. The World also features an innovative map program created exclusively for this text by Dorling Kindersley, unique images from around the world, a new document CDROM called Primary Source included in the text.
For World History 1 (to 1500) (Chapters 1-15) and World History II (since 1500) (Chapters 13-30).
For Introductory World History Courses.
Customer Reviews:
Beautifully illustrated survey.......2006-11-11
This book consists of three parts: Early Civilizations, The Greeks, and The Romans. The first focuses mainly on Egypt, though it touches on others such as the Assyrians and Babylonians.
The strength of the book is the lavish illustration. The drawings are detailed and brightly colored and are intended to convey the realism of what is being portrayed. The book is a survey and, of necessity, only gives slight coverage to many important topics. That being said, it is a good survey and covers a great deal for a book targeted at this age group.
Any concerns over undue nudity are unfounded. There is a pictorial representation of a stylized fertility god Min along with more than two dozen other Egyptian gods. It does have a phallus as might be expected, but is in the Egyptian style. Elsewhere, the Minoan women are represented with bare [...], as one would see on almost any fresco from the period containing a depiction of women. That's about it.
I child will be confronted with depictions of nudity if they travel to any museum with ancient artifacts in their collection. Fear of the reality of this aspect of our historical past is the only thing that might prevent one from buying this book on that basis.
It is a shame that it does not seem to be in print any longer.
Angry about shipping.......2005-09-10
Looking at ship options caused this to arrive the next day at a high cost.
Not what we wanted.......2004-07-14
We returned this item after browsing it and considering it for our 4- and 6-year-olds. We had two main disappointments: First, we thought there were too many pictures in relation to the rather spotty text. Virtually all of the pictures are "cartoonish" hand-drawn illustrations rather than photographs. Yes, the pictures attracted our childrens' attention immediately, but we were wanting to teach them the ideas and themes of history, not just have them attracted by cartoons. And very quickly our six year old focused in on the nudity, asking us what was that unusual large "thumb" sticking straight out of the man--which was actually the erect penis of a "fertility god" representation. A previous reviewer wrote "Much prefer this to Usborne's World History which has more nudity than I can allow my children." Well, that picture and the several others drawings of nude humans (frontal male and female nudity in the "cartoons") is more of a distraction and problem than we felt our young children needed when trying to learn history. We are much happier with the Kingfisher books we obtained, which focus more on TEXT and IDEAS and relatively less on the cartooniness. They also feature no nudity. What's the point of including nudity and references to reproductive anatomy, for young children? More appropriate for older children, but by then the "cartoons" would probably look like such.
Great History Book.......2003-05-02
Love the pictures and the write-ups. Much prefer this to Usborne's World History which has more nudity than I can allow my children.
Usborne Book of the Ancient World:Combined Volume.......2003-03-01
Awesome book for all ages, the pictures are great. There is so much information,yet it is easy to follow and understand. It is well worth the money, and much more interesting than the history books in schools. This is a book you wished you could have had to learn with when you were in school.
Book Description
The West: Encounters & Transformations Concise Edition examines the changing definition and identity of the West throughout history, emphasizing the encounters between different cultures, beliefs, ideas and peoples that shaped Western civilization, both outside the West and within it.
Customer Reviews:
Great History Book.......2007-06-09
A Brief History of Western Civilization is a great history book. It not only gives the facts but delves into what was happening in the background of history. The layout is easy to follow and the book includes some great maps, charts, pictures, etc.
The only reason this book isn't getting 5 stars is because it's too big, heavy but flimsy which makes it difficult to take care of, especially lugging back and forth in a book bag.
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