The West in the Wider World, Volume 2: From Early Modernity to the Present: Sources and Perspectives
The first college reader to focus on the central historical question, How did the West become the West?, The West in the Wider World: Sources and Perspectives offers a wealth of source materials to... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0312204590
ISBN13:9780312204594
Release Date:October 2002
Publisher:Bedford Books
Length:398 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.5" x 9.1"
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worldviews from earlier ages
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
The editors provide an ecletic array of source documents. These are sometimes deliberately jarring to the modern reader. But they let us garner some insight into the world views of earlier ages. As in Copernicus diffidently explaining his astronomical deductions, while trying to avoid the ire of the Catholic Church. Closer to our times is a description of work in the factories of Britain early in the 19th century. Showing the appalling conditions under which people had to labour, just to survive. Sometimes the excerpts seem too short. Especially when the student has to answer questions based on those.
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