Great Issues in Western Civilization

By Greg Herren

Book Overview

This collection of edited readings (primary and secondary) is organized chronologically into chapters that each present a great issue: that is, a question or problem in Western civilization that is of ongoing interest to students and historians. The chapters present a variety of primary source materials - letters, chronicles, poems, government records, treatises - together with interpretations by modern historians representing a variety of points of view. This approach is designed to help students learn to evaluate historical materials critically and form their own opinions on issues. This edition includes a new chapter on the African origins of Western civilization. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070645760
• ISBN13: 9780070645769
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Langua
• Length: 3 Pages
• Weight: 2.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"