Past to Present: Ideas That Changed Our World

by Stuart Hirschberg, Terry Hirschberg

Comprehensive and accessible, Past to Present encapsulates for readers essential readings from the fields of humanities, social science, and science in a single book—putting a “human face” on the great ideas that have changed our world. The book is divided into seven thematic parts that trace the history of important ideas from their roots to their current incarnations. Each of the 73 readings includes discussions that focus on the history of the idea, the writer's rhetorical strategies, and the context in which the piece was written. For anyone who is interested in exploring the evolutions of the great ideas of our world.

Genres: Nonfiction

768 pages, Paperback

First published August 15, 2002

Reviews

[Selena Pigoni · Rating 2 out of 5]

Thank God I'm done with this book. It is definitely a school textbook type. I could never see myself reading this for fun. Ever. It was bearable only because there was a Mark Twain essay in there.