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The Humanistic Tradition, Book 1: The First Civilizations and the Classical Legacy
Interdisciplinary in approach and topical in focus, the sixth edition of The Humanistic Tradition continues to bring to life humankind's creative legacy. With more than 800 illustrations and some 150 literary sources in accessible translations, this widely acclaimed humanities survey takes a global perspective that is at once selective and engaging, and helps students better understand the relationship between world cultures. Available in multiple formats, The Humanistic Tradition examines the political, economic, and social contexts out of which history's most memorable achievements emerged.
224 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 1992
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May 7, 2025
Long time ago I had a textbook required in a college Humanities class by Fiero. I believe it was book #6. I have missed any education, beyond the very basic, regarding the first civilization and classical period. After I read 'Rubicon' by Tom Holland, I have been pulled in! Fascinating!
This book was a good overview specifically of 10,000 B.C.E. to 500 C.E. in chronological order covering- world events, literature and philosophy, arts and architecture, & music and dance. It focused on 'search for origins, self and society, meaning of death, quest for self-knowledge--that speaks to the universal aspects of the human condition.' It has wonderful pictures and extracts from literature of that time.
It took me a long time to get through it, and it had great bibliographies to find new books regarding this time period. I bought the first three "Humanistic Tradition" books but will pause before I read the next one. It's a selfish reason why I didn't give it 5 stars- the font on my specific edition (different than shown-my version is 1998 Third Edition) was difficult on my eyes, but if you want a book that give a great overview of time periods, I definitely recommend these books!
This book was a good overview specifically of 10,000 B.C.E. to 500 C.E. in chronological order covering- world events, literature and philosophy, arts and architecture, & music and dance. It focused on 'search for origins, self and society, meaning of death, quest for self-knowledge--that speaks to the universal aspects of the human condition.' It has wonderful pictures and extracts from literature of that time.
It took me a long time to get through it, and it had great bibliographies to find new books regarding this time period. I bought the first three "Humanistic Tradition" books but will pause before I read the next one. It's a selfish reason why I didn't give it 5 stars- the font on my specific edition (different than shown-my version is 1998 Third Edition) was difficult on my eyes, but if you want a book that give a great overview of time periods, I definitely recommend these books!
February 4, 2011
This is a textbook for my Humanities course at SNHU. It's a very fascinating course to take. I'm usually not big on history but this book has a lot of interesting facts that I would have liked to take more time to explore. Sadly my course is only 8 weeks long.
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Interdisciplinary in approach and topical in focus, the sixth edition of The Humanistic Tradition continues to bring to life humankind's creative legacy. With more than 800 illustrations and some 150 literary sources in accessible translations, this widely acclaimed humanities survey takes a global perspective that is at once selective and engaging, and helps students better understand the relationship between world cultures.
Description from Amazon:
Interdisciplinary in approach and topical in focus, the sixth edition of The Humanistic Tradition continues to bring to life humankind's creative legacy. With more than 800 illustrations and some 150 literary sources in accessible translations, this widely acclaimed humanities survey takes a global perspective that is at once selective and engaging, and helps students better understand the relationship between world cultures.
March 1, 2011
give me a few weeks on this one and i'll tell you what I think.
September 5, 2011
it's good
June 22, 2012
One of the most engaging and entertaining textbooks I have read. If only they were all written like this.
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