Western Civilizations: Sources, Images, and Interpretations, From the Renaissance to the Present

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.