A History of World Societies: Volume I
By:
John P. McKay
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With unparalleled coverage of social history, A History of World Societies explores the lives of peoples of the world within a political framework. The text is known for its readability, integration of strong scholarship, and new historical interpretations. A range of technology resources, including Houghton Mifflin's Eduspace online learning tool, premium Blackboard and WebCT content, and materials designed for student success, gives A History of World Societies one of the strongest technology programs on the market. Twentieth-century world and African history scholar Roger Beck joins the author team for the Seventh Edition. In addition to completely revising the last four chapters, Dr. Beck contributes his scholarly expertise throughout the text. The entire author team has worked to increase coverage of non-western topics in order to achieve a more balanced, global approach to world history. Several new features, as well as significant structural and content changes, round out this very thorough revision, most importantly, Volumes II and C, along with the complete version of the text, also include a 16-page essay by Roger Beck, titled "The Middle East in Today's World." The essay focuses on a broad examination of the various crises in the Middle East and their global consequences and is illustrated with photos and maps that help students visualize the topics.
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Text book - The textbook we recieved was in great condition and was 1/4 of the price that the college bookstore was asking! Shipping to us was a little slower than expected but we would search Amazon.com again and order earlier next time.
Customer Review: 5 out of 5
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Customer Review: 3 out of 5
it's a history book, what do you expect? - Upon receiving this text, I was flipping through the pages and impressed with the layout and accessibility of the book. However, reading it has proven to be a nightmare. There are so many factual errors that I'm afraid that the things I may be learning other things incorrectly. Yet this seems to be a common problem in history books. And, like the history books I had throughout high school, this book has some kind of agenda. It seems like every people group that American society tends to view as having "morality" deficiencies, this book works hard to defend. It is a little bizarre to behold at times.
I wish that, just once, I could find a history book that is only a little biased (since nothing can be unbiased - people have views, and no matter how hard they try, they will reflect in their writing), but instead I just get textbook after textbook that will go as far as making incorrect conjectures just to get a certain point across. That isn't right.
So I must give this book a mediocre score because it is the epitome of mediocrity. Just what we love to find in textbooks!
Customer Review: 1 out of 5
HORRIBLE HORRIBLE BOOK - This book is not even worth a penny. Even wikipedia is better than this book. My school uses this book and guess what. It sucks. The author obviously have no clue about what he is talking about. He skips from ancient egypt to Pharoah and not in chronological order. WTF don't waste ur money. go online if u want this freakin book.
PISSED OFF....
Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Units of measurement... - I was interested in a previous post that questioned the ability of a runner to cover "50 leagues or 175 miles per day," and discovered that an Ancient Roman league is equivalent to 2.22 km; therefore, 50 leagues would approximate 111 km or 68.93 miles - presumably a distance entirely possible for a top athlete of the day. Fascinating, huh?
This book is an excellent resource for students.
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