World History
World History by William Duiker, published by Cengage Learning in January 2012, offers a comprehensive overview of global history across 1,056 pages. This seventh edition presents a balanced exploration of the common challenges and experiences that have shaped human civilization, integrating political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, and military history within a chronological framework.
Readers will find that this book emphasizes the distinctive character and development of individual cultures through a structured approach centered around seven major themes, including Science and Technology, Politics and Government, and Religion and Philosophy. This thematic organization allows students to connect historical events in a broader comparative context, enhancing their understanding of the contemporary world within its historical backdrop.
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Noted teachers and scholars William J. Duiker and Jackson J. Spielvogel present a balanced, highly readable overview of world history that explores common challenges and experiences of the human past and identifies key patterns over time. Thorough coverage of political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, and military history is integrated into a chronological framework to help students gain an appreciation and understanding of the distinctive character and development of individual cultures in society. This approach, with organization around seven major themes (Science and Technology; Arts and Ideas; Family and Society; Politics and Government; Earth and the Environment; Religion and Philosophy; and, Interaction and Exchange), helps students link events together in a broad comparative and global framework, thereby placing the contemporary world in a more meaningful historical context. Available in the following options: WORLD HISTORY, Seventh Edition (Chapters 1-30); Volume I: To 1800 (Chapters 1-18); Volume II: Since 1500 (Chapters 14-30). – See more at: http://www.cengage.com/search/productOverview.do?Ntt=9781111831653||131578190210668084110245976971568194413&N=16&Ntk=APG%7C%7CP_EPI&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial#Overview
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