The West and the World: A History of Civilization from 1400 to the Present

This text engages students and provokes discussion by presenting the past through the prism of current and perennial issues. Interpretive chapters on such topics as gender, religion, war, ecology, and nationalism create both thematic narratives and the strands of a larger chronological account. The book makes great ideas accessible, explores major historical turning points, and reveals the dynamic of increasing global interactions (trade, migrations, etc.). It also compares cultures and civilizations while giving voice to individual lives. Economics and ecology, racism and nationalism, individuality and mass culture are explored.

• Worlds of History, Volume 2: A Comparative Reader, Since 1400
• The West and the World: A History of Civilization : From the Ancient World to 1700 (The West & the World)
• Origins of the First World War: Revised 3rd Edition
• The Ancient City: A Study of the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Greece and Rome (Dover Books on History, Political and Social Science)
• Neither Black Nor White: Slavery and Race Relations in Brazil and the United States
• 100 Best-Loved Poems (Dover Thrift Editions)
• The World's Greatest Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)
• 101 Great American Poems (Dover Thrift Editions)
• Paradise Lost (Dover Thrift Editions)
• Worlds of History, Volume II: Since 1400: A Comparative Reader