Sources for Cultures of the West: Volume 1: To 1750

By Clifford Backman

Designed to accompany Cultures of the West, Second Edition, by Clifford R. Backman (OUP, 2015), the two-volume Sources for Cultures of the West, Second Edition, features approximately six written sources per chapter that highlight key themes in the study of Western civilization. Each of the 175 sources is accompanied by a headnote. Each volume begins with a special unit, "How to Read a Primary Source," that provides students with important advice on how to work with textual documents in studying the past. This second edition features forty-one new sources and offers increased coverage of Islam, Judaism, and women's history.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190240504
• ISBN13: 9780190240509
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.1" x 7.4"