Heritage of Western Civilization, Volume 2 (From Revolutions to Modernity) - Softcover

Beatty DECEASED, John L.; Johnson DECEASED, Oliver A.; Reisbord Ph.D., John; Choudhury, Mita

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130341282 ISBN 13: 9780130341280

Publisher: Pearson, 2003

Synopsis

This well-known set of readings, thoroughly updated in this edition, exposes students to an important and illustrative text on Western Civilization and its intellectual and cultural history. Ideas of diverse men and women will add multicultural and interdisciplinary insights to the minds of a new generation of students. New edition features greater coverage of diversity, new critical thinking questions, and an easier-to-read single column format.

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From the Back Cover:

Substantially revised, the Ninth Edition of Heritage of Western Civilization provides a rich and complex picture of Western history. New editors John Reisbord and Mita Choudhury have included fourteen new selections in the Ninth Edition, six of which are authored by women. In addition, revised introductions and new questions for consideration provide the New to the Ninth Edition

Volume I:
· Esarhaddon, "Second Inscription of Esarhaddon"
· Xenophon, "The Charactr of Cyrus"
· Aristotle, "The Care of Infancy"
· Plutarch, "The Life of Crasus"
· Hildegard, Letters
· Usamah Ibn-Munqidh, "An Appreciation of the Frankish Character"
· Laura Cereta, Letters
· Alessandra Strozzi, Letters

Volume II:
· Malleus Malificarum
· Olympe de Gouges, "Declaration of the Rights of Women"
· Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor
· Catherine Booth, "God of Education"
· W.E.B. DuBois, The Souls of Black Folk
· Gusta Dawidson-Draenger, Justina's Diary

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0130341282
• ISBN 13: 9780130341280
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400