From the Renaissance to the Present (v. 3) (Western Civilization: Sources, Images and Interpretations) - Softcover

Sherman, Dennis; Etc.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070569509 ISBN 13: 9780070569508

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US, 1997

Synopsis

This volume of primary, secondary and visual sources provides an introduction to the sources historians use, the interpretations historians make, and covers the history of Western civilization from the Renaissance to the 1990s. A broad selection of documents, photographs, maps and charts is presented, along with introductions, commentaries, guides and questions designed to place each section in a meaningful context and facilitate understanding of its historical significance.

About this title

From the Publisher

NEW! Chapter order has been reorganized to correspond better with most Western Civilization textbooks.
NEW! In response to the popularity of illustrations and maps, several new visual sources have been added (see Table of Contents).
NEW! In addition to several new primary documents, many secondary sources reflecting historical scholarship over the past 15 years have been added, replacing older sources (see Table of Contents).
NEW! The last two chapters in particular have been extensively revised to account for changing developments and perceptions over the past 20 years.

-Each chapter contains a balance of manageable-length primary, secondary, and visual documents, with introductions, commentaries, timelines, and questions designed to place each selection in context.

-Three essays begin each volume Using Primary Sources, Using Secondary Sources, and Using Visual Sources'which show students how sources can be analyzed.

-A Guide To Classroom Discussion provides suggestions to teachers on ways to handle classroom discussions using the sources.

-Each chapter offers the following features: chapter introductions, time lines, primary sources, headnotes, points to consider, secondary sources, visual sources, maps, and chapter questions.

About the Author

Dennis Sherman is Professor of History at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, the City University of New York. He received his B.A. (1962) and J.D. (1965) degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and his Ph.D. (1970) from the University of Michigan . . He was Visiting Professor at the University of Paris (1978-79; 1985). He has received the Ford Foundation Prize Fellowship, the Council for Research on Economic History fellowship, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities. His publications include A Short History of Western Civilization, 8th edition (co-author); Western Civilization: Sources, Images, and Interpretations, 5th edition; World Civilizations: Sources, Images, and Interpretations, 2nd Edition (co-author); a series of introductions in the Garland Library of War and Peace; several articles and reviews on nineteenth-century French economic and social history in American and European journals, and short stories on literary reviews.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0070569509
• ISBN 13: 9780070569508
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 512