World Civilizations: Sources, Images and Interpretations, Volume 2

by A. Tom Grunfeld (Editor), David Rosner

Photographs, illustrations, maps, charts, and texts are celebrating the arrival of a larger size and beautiful colors to the fourth edition of "World Civilizations: Sources, Images, and Interpretations." This collection of primary, secondary, and visual sources for world history survey courses offers a broad introduction to the materials historians use and the interpretations historians make. This text also provides introductions, commentaries, guides, and questions, making it a truly valuable source for world history courses. The selections and accompanying notes, drawn from a vast spectrum of approaches, provide insight into how historians work and place the material in a context that furthers readers' understanding.

256 pages, Paperback

First published February 25, 2005

Reviews

[Sevim Tezel Aydın · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting and well structured introduction to the World Civilizations. The second volume covers from the 1700s to the 1980s. The perspective of the book is "the course of human history as a whole, as it ebbs and flows over various parts of the globe". A particular civilization's history, development and interactions are focused in each chapter by primary, secondary and visual sources, maps… I appreciated the overall balance between political, economic, social and cultural history. I especially liked the special emphasis on women in each chapter...