Civilization Past and Present to 1774

by George F. Jewsbury, Palmira Johnson Brummett, Neil J. Hackett, et al.

The Ninth Edition of this classic is a major revision that features a beautiful new four-color design. Now more inclusive of areas beyond Europe, Civilization Past and Present continues to be well... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0321005317
• ISBN13: 9780321005311
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
• Length: 2 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.6" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Decent, concise overview of world history

I looked for a long time to find a decent world history; one that was neither 10,000 pages nor painfully dry. This is the best I found. It is a very readable book of reasonable length. The authors make good use of sidebars with thought-provoking bits of literature which are scattered throughout the overall history. They also make a good attempt at discussing underlying causes and patterns behind the historical events. I perfer that to a dry recounting of the facts, even if I may not always agree with them on the interpretation. It was surprisingly neutral on religious topics, given the origin of the book.