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by: Palmira Brummett, Robert R. Edgar, Neil J. Hackett, George F. Jewsbury, Alastair M. Taylor, Nels M. Bailkey, Clyde J. Lewis, Walter T. Wallbank  List Price: $94.40 Price: $50.00 You Save: $44.40 (47%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Dewey Decimal Number: 909 EAN: 9780321090973 Edition: 10 ISBN: 0321090977 Label: Longman Manufacturer: Longman Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 576 Publication Date: July 29, 2002 Publisher: Longman Studio: Longman Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: The authors of the Eleventh Edition of Civilization Past and Present—specialists in Islamic, African, Asian, Ancient, Russian, and East European history—weave the diverse trends of world history into a clear and accessible analysis for today's students. Civilization Past and Present, well known in the marketplace as a highly readable survey text, delivers a strong narrative of world history and a level of detail that is manageable for students and solid for instructors. Using images and documents that enhance the text's content, the narrative traces connections across cultures and introduces intriguing avenues of historical interpretation. The text examines all aspects of world history—social, political, economic, religious, cultural, and geographic. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - comment on prior reviewThe man who made the review before me was most helpful - it inspired me to buy the book! He is obviously not a historian and is unaware that it is stories/myths/religion which impact a civilization's identity. This book is superbly put to together, and I recommend its companion edition, which is a collection of primary sources. If you read between the lines of the prior review, as I did, you will see how excellent the book really is in its presentation (oh! the absurdity of actually bringing into ... Read More Rating:  - Too subjective to be used for objective historical studyI bought this book for my world history class this semester, and while I'm only halfway through the book, there is no way it could possibly redeem itself. Although it does give lots of good information, it rarely includes dates with its facts and its A-sides always get off track by discussing meaningless information that has nothing to do with the readings. To make matters worse the book is completely obsessed with every cult/religion/sect that pops up in the dates covered ... Read More 
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