CULTURE AND VALUES, Fifth Edition continues to combine balanced coverage of literature, art, music, and philosophy with sociological insight into the daily life of the characters in the unfolding drama of Western civilization. Available in two volumes, or as an alternate single volume without readings, this text remains the most readable and reliable textbook for college and university students in the integrated humanities.
My humanities class with Mr. Carrier (now a woman) was one of my favorite classes in college, in it where we studied world literature, antiquities, history, geography...
Some of the questions for discussion (this is a textbook, after all) are a little strange, and required outside research to answer, but the book is well laid out and a joy to read. Plenty of facts that I didn't know and extra artistic tidbits. Will for sure use again for reference.