Perspectives from the Past : Primary Sources in Western Civilizations - From the Ancient near East Through the Age of Absolutism

Cole, Joshua, Safley, Thomas Max, Robertson, John, Brophy, James M., Symes, Carol

ISBN 10: 0393912949 / ISBN 13: 9780393912944

Published by Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W., 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Perspectives from the Past : Primary Sources in Western Civilizations - From the Ancient near East Through the Age of Absolutism
• Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393912949
• ISBN 13: 9780393912944
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 5th Edition.
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Perspectives from the Past: Primary Sources in Western Civilizations offers a broad range of selections in varying degrees of length; with a total of 225 classic and contemporary primary sources. Selections are long, which gives students a chance to engage and understand each document, and the book includes two visual sources per chapter. The wealth of selections accommodates most any course curriculum, and the readings may be used on their own or in conjunction with a textbook.

About the Author

James Brophy is the Francis H. Squire Professor of History specializing in modern European history at the University of Delaware. He received his B.A. from Vassar College and did his graduate training at the Universitat Tu bingen and Indiana University, where he specialized in the social and political history of nineteenth-century Europe. He is the author of Capitalism, Politics, and Railroads in Prussia, 1830 1870 and Popular Culture and the Public Sphere in the Rhineland, 1800-1850.