Western Civilizations: Their History & Their Culture - Hardcover

Cole, Joshua; Symes, Carol

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393614301 ISBN 13: 9780393614305

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2017

Synopsis

The most pedagogically innovative text and media for the western civilizations course―now more current, more global, and more interactive.

The balanced narrative in Western Civilizations has been bolstered with new and current scholarship―highlighting new environmental history, more coverage of Central and Eastern Europe, and increased coverage of European and Muslim relations―making it the most up-to-date and relevant text for students. In addition, Cole and Symes have enhanced their pedagogically innovative text with new History Skills Tutorials, Interactive Instructor's Guide, and Norton InQuizitive for History, making the Nineteenth Edition a more interactive and effective teaching and learning tool.

About this title

About the Author:

Joshua Cole is Professor of History at the University of Michigan. Specializing in the social and cultural history of France since the Revolution of 1789, he earned his Ph.D. at University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of The Power of Large Numbers: Population, Politics, and Gender in Nineteenth-Century France (2000).

Carol Symes is an Associate Professor of history and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the history department at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where she has won the top teaching award in the College of Liberal Arts and Science. Her main areas of study include medieval Europe, especially France and England; cultural history; history of information media and communication technologies; history of theatre. Her first book was A Common Stage: Theater and Public Life in Medieval Arras (2007).

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0393614301
• ISBN 13: 9780393614305
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1184