A History of World Societies, Value Edition, Volume 1

by Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks, Patricia Buckley Ebrey, Roger B. Beck

A History of World Societies provides a concise overview of world history by sharing the cultural stories of global people -- all through a regional lens.

1129 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 24, 2020

About the author

Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison) taught first at Augustana College in Illinois, and since 1985 at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she is currently UWM Distinguished Professor in the department of history. She is the coeditor of the Sixteenth Century Journal and the author or editor of more than twenty books, most recently The Marvelous Hairy Girls: The Gonzales Sisters and Their Worlds and Gender in History. She is the former Chief Reader for Advanced Placement World History.

Reviews

[Tyler Jenkins · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best history textbooks I’ve read, very easy to read and full of pictures that actually help.