World Civilizations, Volume 1: Sources, Images, and Interpretations

by A. Tom Grunfeld, Dennis Sherman, Gerald E. Markowitz

The first in a two-volume anthology of primary, secondary and visual sources, this reader provides a broad introduction to the evolution of world civilization from ancient history to 1700, and gives... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0072418168
• ISBN13: 9780072418163
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Langua
• Length: 2 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

World Civilizations Great Supplementary Text

This book is an excellent companion to conventional textbooks in a Global History course. The Introduction and "Consider" feature before each source helps the reader to pinpoint key ideas and important themes in the document as well as provide important background information which aides in the understanding of the source. The wide variety of sources focusing on various aspects of each topic help to provide a well-rounded view of the subject.