Western Civilization: v. 2 (West Civilization) - Softcover

Spielvogel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534600123 ISBN 13: 9780534600129

Publisher: Brooks/Cole, 2002

Synopsis

Book by Jackson J. Spielvogel, James T. Baker

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Review

"Yes, indeed, the author's vision is compelling and consistent. I repeatedly hear among colleagues that Spielvogel's text is overtly more consistent than other textbooks, particularly more so than textbooks written by multiple authors or in their eleventh or twelve editions."

About the Author

Jackson J. Spielvogel is Associate Professor Emeritus of History at The Pennsylvania State University. He received his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University, where he specialized in Reformation history under Harold J. Grimm. His articles and reviews have appeared in journals such as Moreana, Journal of General Education, Catholic Historical Review, Archiv fur Reformationsgeschichte, and American Historical Review. He also has contributed chapters or articles to THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION, THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE: A DICTIONARY HANDBOOK, the SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER ANNUAL OF HOLOCAUST STUDIES, and UTOPIAN STUDIES. His work has been supported by fellowships from the Fulbright Foundation and the Foundation for Reformation Research. At Penn State, he helped inaugurate the Western Civilization course, as well as a popular course on Nazi Germany. His book HITLER AND NAZI GERMANY was published in 1987 (7th Edition, 2014). He is the author of WESTERN CIVILIZATION, first published in 1991 (10th Edition, 2017), and the coauthor (with William Duiker) of WORLD HISTORY, first published in 1994 (8th Edition, 2016). Professor Spielvogel has won five major university-wide teaching awards. During the year 1988?1989, he held the Penn State Teaching Fellowship, the university's most prestigious teaching award. In 1996, he won the Dean Arthur Ray Warnock Award for Outstanding Faculty member, and in 2000 received the Schreyer Honors College Excellence in Teaching Award.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brooks/Cole
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534600123
• ISBN 13: 9780534600129
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5