Highlights
Success with Students
World Civilizations carefully guides students through the history of civilizations, illuminating ideas, values, and social and political institutions, and the events that shaped them. The authors describe the major moments and characters with flair, and never allow students to lose sight of the major themes.
A New Author
Alan T. Wood, China specialist and experienced teacher of the world civilization course, joins the team of authors in the Ninth Edition. Throughout he has thoroughly revised discussions of Asia—China in particular. With a clear writing style, close attention to detail, and a comparative perspective, Wood enriches World Civilizations’ already superior global coverage.
The Global Dimension
World Civilizations has long led the field in its coverage of the Non-Western world. In the Ninth Edition, there is a stronger global dimension, with a continuing emphasis on contacts between civilizations and comparisons. The sections on China, for example, explore the global context for China’s early advances in science and technology. Richard W. Hull’s new sections on Africa focus on the transformation of stateless societies to nation states. The chapters on the ancient world convey the parallel development of basic institutions in the world’s cultures and important instances of contact and influence between cultures.
Vibrant New Design
World Civilizations boasts a bright new design that retains the integrity of the original design with new four-color art and maps throughout.
Excellent Pedagogy
- Marginal side-heads on every page help students recognize the key points in each section
- The strong development of themes and major points in the first two pages of every chapter provide students with a clear understanding of the information to follow.
- Topic sentence and outline writing style provide a framework upon which students might organize their reading.
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