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Dewey Decimal Number: 909 EAN: 9780321182807 Edition: 4 ISBN: 0321182804 Label: Longman Manufacturer: Longman Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 608 Publication Date: November 20, 2003 Publisher: Longman Studio: Longman Related Items:
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 Rating:  - World AP BookThe book was ordered and there was no picture available of the book at the time of order. We did not realize that it was a different edition (not the one the school was using) until we received it. Although it is against this company's policy for returns...they were VERY UNDERSTANDING and helped us out! We appreciate the service this company offered! Rating:  - Long, wordy, disorganized bookHaving used this book, I can say that while it is a textbook and has information, it is lengthy and disorganized. They de-emphasize certain things too much and put too much pressure on others, especially specific topics. There are some "in depth" sections that are helpful, but I found that they would bring up the same event in little pieces and really does NOT serve its purpose as a world history course. Focusing too much on the details, this book has no system of organization and does not provide ... Read More Rating:  - What Ever Happened To Western Civilization?This book was confusing, and expensive. I had to buy this for a history class that I took, and I just thought that is was confusing. However, It may not be the fault of the author or publisher as much as political correctness. Back in the day we studied Western Civilization, actually the history of what made Americans what we are. But political correctness has redefined the concept of civilization and made it structured like the Civil Rights movement, where every society is equal. Well, ... Read More Rating: - Biased, Wordy, Short on FactsWe use this book in my AP World HIstory class, and I find it quite useless. It's written sometimes using to casual of language, but still has bulky, multi-sentence paragraphs that serve only to confuse. Just as other reviewers have said, is so incredibly desperate to fight Euro-Centrism that it sometimes goes off on rambling tangents of the "heroic/underreported/unknown/ignored" accomplishments of others. While I am generally a politically correct lefty-Looneytoon myself, this book is over the top in ... Read More Rating:  - Decent for the AP Test but...This book is quite appropriate for the AP World History test, and provides you with most of the information you'll need for the test, however, it does contain several gaping flaws if read purely for interest or outside the context of an AP class. As some other reviewers have mentioned, it attempts to be too politically correct, and dissmisses European achievements, while hailing many less significant foreign ones. It also focuses on the role of women too much in certain civilizations, sometimes writing ... Read More 
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