- Hardcover: 1160 pages
- Publisher: Pearson; 3 edition (18 Sep 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0673985253
- ISBN-13: 978-0673985255
- Product Dimensions: 25.1 x 20.1 x 2.5 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,933,580 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Strong scholarship and readability are the hallmark features of Civilization in the West, 3/E. Every feature in this text supports the authors<039> goal of making this a textbook students will find engaging and will want to read. Organized largely as a narrative, each chapter is presented as a story with unique chapter openers that speak directly to students. (Available as Single Volume Edition, Volume I and Volume II or as Volume A, B & C).
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Civilization in the West, Seventh Edition, Volume II Mark Kishlansky, et al.
“This text is clear, well-organized, and easy for my students to follow. I have never had more satisfied students over a thirty-five year career.”
–Don Mohr, University of Alaska — Anchorage
“Students typically associate a history classes with being dull and dreary with an accompanying dry text. This book entices students to read the chapters not only because they are assigned but because the students are eager to read them.”
–Janilyn M. Kocher, Richland Community College
“I have seen texts that are dry, monotonous, and chocked with detail. I have seen others that present the material so lightly that it may blow away. This text is a combination of detailed information in an engaging and interesting presentation.”
–John S. Kemp, Truckee Meadows Community College
In Civilization in the West, the dramatic, changing contours of Western Civilization are explored through a compelling narrative and a rich image-based approach. In the new Seventh Edition, updated throughout, the authors blend social and political history with an exceptional map and image program to engage students and make the material more accessible.
New to this edition
- “Image Discovery” features appear in every chapter and help students approach images as important historical texts.
- New “West in the Wider World” essays: Chapter 18, “The Siege of Vienna;” Chapter 25, “Babylon Discovered;” and Chapter 29, “Mahatma Gandhi’s Legacy.”
- New primary source documents: Chapter 14 now includes “The Heart and Stomach of a King,” in which Queen Elizabeth rallies her subjects to oppose the invasion of English by the Spanish Armada; Chapter 19 now contains excerpts from Voltaire’s great comic novel, Candide; the Treaty of Versailles is excerpted in Chapter 26; and Chapter 30 now includes both Vaclav Havel’s address to Czechoslovakia from January 1, 1990 and a press release from London Mayor Ken Livingstone regarding his commitment, and that of 21 other mayors from major cities around the world, to reducing greenhouse gases.
- An expanded Glossary contains over 60 new key terms.
Available versions of Civilization in the West
Single Volume Edition ISBN 0-205-55684-1
Volume I (to 1715) ISBN 0-205-55685-X
Volume II (since 1555) ISBN 0-205-55686-8
Volume A (to 1500) 0-205-55687-6
Volume B (from 1350 to 1850) 0-205-55688-4
Volume C (since 1789) 0-205-55689-2
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Excellent!
28 Feb 1999
Format:Paperback
This book is everything a great history book should be. The authors go into the details of history and enhance the text with actual stories and excerpts from historical references, that makes one feel that they are there, in that point of time. Images the mind forms as a result, help you remember events, making it easier to put different historical periods in context. I highly recommend this book to any student or person interested in learning about our past and ourselves.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Excellent survey of western history
12 Dec 2003
Format:Hardcover
Civilization in The West is a superb text. Written by an outstanding group of historians the book is highly readable and contains a wealth of information. The suggestions for additional reading at the end of each chapter are invaluable and list the key texts for any time period. Finally, the colorful illustrations and photographs brilliantly compliment the text. This book is a definite buy for anyone interested in a general guide to western civilization.
13 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Civilization in the West, by Kishlansky, Geary, O'Brien
24 Feb 2000
Format:Paperback
This book is a cornucopia of detail. It is undeniably the most detailed of any textbook on the subject. Unfortunately, this otherwise useful textbook suffers from poor if not outright negligent editing. Some paragraphs are virtually incomprensible. The text reads as if the individual authors took turns writing sentences. The concept of topic sentences and paragraphs expressing discrete subjects seems to have been lost on the authors as well as the editors.
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