Sources of the Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures: Volume I: To 1740

by Katharine J. Lualdi, R. Po-chia Hsia, Bonnie G. Smith, et al.

Book Overview

This companion sourcebook provides written and visual sources to accompany each chapter of The Making of the West . Political, social, and cultural documents offer a variety of perspectives that... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312465173
• ISBN13: 9780312465179
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Bedford Books
• Length: 353 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

antonia's preview

Great book, I found it very helpful even though there were areas in which the authors did become a bit long winded.

gives depth to your appreciation of history

This little text is a good accompaniment to the main book, "Making of the West". Here, Lualdi takes the student in a tour of excerpts from original source documents. Translated where necessary from other languages. So you can see a lengthy essay written on the eve of the French Revolution. Asking, "What is the Third Estate?" This Estate was the impotent assembly that represented the French people, as contrasted to the other Estates that drew from the aristocracy. The essay neatly encapsulates the rising demands of the majority of the people; suggesting why the Revolution occurred. The book has many other examples. All fitting to give depth to your appreciation of modern history.