The Heritage of World Civilizations, Volume 2 Since 1500 [With Dvdrom]

by Steven Ozment, William A. Graham, Donald Kagan, et al.

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0136003222
• ISBN13: 9780136003229
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 1129 Pages
• Weight: 3.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.9" x 10.7"

Customer Reviews

Heritage of World Civilizations

The book was delivered in a timely manner, however i did not appreciate the huge advertisement stickers placed on the front cover, as well as the inside, of the book.

heritage of world civizations, volume 2 8th edition

was in good condition as the seller claimed. was packaged well . very satisfied

Erudite and concise

This book is written by five authors, and contains a wealth of information in an easy-to-read format. The chapter summaries are succinct and the index are glossary are complete and useful. I haven't had any occasion to fire up the disc that comes with it--the disc is a nice option, but you'll be absolutely fine without one (unless your class happens to require it). One of the best textbooks I've had occasion to own.

Extensive

Books are college-level, extensive. Though, while they are extensive, they are an easy read and offer simplistic historical representation.

The perfet good to aquire a good general overview of History

I abhorred History when I was at school. When I've matured and grown more realist I've started to consider the importance of history to try understand what happens around me. I started with The Penguin History of the World" by J.M. Roberts; I don't recommend that book for beginners though it's a good book (I actually hadn't courage enough to finish it, it exists in audiobook too). This book is written by five american scholars which I think gives it a more general scope than others written by a single author. It includes a CD-ROM with the whole book plus a multimedia summary of human history read by a beautiful voice, photographs, Questionnaires, Quizzes, maps and the Complete Webster's New World Dictionary. There's an exclusive webpage for the book with quizzes, add-on reports and links to other history websites, there you can have your questions answered and your exercises corrected (I haven't used it yet though). Sincerely I didn't expect this book to be so good. The CD-ROM is the same for each of the separate books or for the complete version, so, buying the first or second part alone you have the full CD-ROM encompassing all world history.