Western Civilizations: Their History & Their Culture, Volume 1

by Joshua Cole, Carol Symes

With new scholarship and learning tools, this #1 text is more innovative than ever Used by more than a million students since its original publication, Western Civilizations became the leading text for the course by combining historical scholarship with classroom innovation. Master scholars/teachers Joshua Cole and Carol Symes enhance coverage of the West in a global context with a new focus on migration and nationalism. Dynamic digital resources, including award-winning InQuizitive activities and new History Skills Tutorials for every chapter, guide students from basic understanding basics to analysis and interpretation.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

565 pages, Paperback

First published September 19, 2011

About the author

Joshua Cole is a Professor of History at the University of Michigan, where he has been teaching since 2004. His research and teaching deal primarily with the social and cultural history of France in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and he has published work on gender and the history of the population sciences, colonial violence, and the politics of memory in France, Algeria, and Germany.

Reviews

[Adam Ward · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great textbook for Western Civilization history classes. The authors wrote it in a way that reads more like a historical narrative than a textbook, which keeps you interested throughout.

[Nell]

my western civ textbook for freshman year of college

[Holley Julnes · Rating 4 out of 5]

What I really liked about this text were the videos created by the authors that accompanied it. Such a great companion piece to the text!