Personalities & Problems: Interpretive Essays in World Civilization, Volume I

by Ken Wolf

This is a unique collection of original essays about real people whose lives or careers demonstrate solutions to problems of their times. Each chapter focuses on a problem or issue by discussing the lives of two historical figures (actual or near contemporaries of each other) whose careers illustrate the richness and variety of human history.

Genres: History

192 pages, Paperback

First published July 31, 1998

Reviews

[Abraham Gustavson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great group of ten page articles comparing historical figures. Great for getting my World History students thinking about compare and contrast essays. All the articles have a solid point or theme that connects them to their period in history. I also like that the book looks into the lives of people like Tecumseh or Queen Boudicca who sometimes get left out of the textbook narrative. A great supplicant for a world history survey course.