The most pedagogically innovative brief text―now connecting western civilizations to broader global contexts and students’ own experiences.Western Civilizations―written by two expert teachers―is the most pedagogically innovative text for the survey course. A carefully crafted text and media program empower students to master core content; engage in historical analysis; and think critically; and the Brief Fourth Edition has been substantially updated with the latest scholarship that connects the West to global contexts; as well as new “Past and Present†features that connect historical themes to contemporary topics.
#567131 in Books Gordon; Linda (EDT)/ Okihiro; Gary Y. (EDT) 2006-11-01Ingredients: Example IngredientsOriginal language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.50 x 1.00 x 7.40l; 2.02 #File Name: 039306073X224 pages
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. If not essential; this work is close to that.By CuriousMostly a photographic essay; but with two introductory essays of intellectual heft; the work represents probably the most readily accessible adult presentation of the Japanese Internment situation of WWII. The pictures mostly speak for themselves. The introductory essays assign context that is both important and well formulated.What the pictures cannot relate; given by the essays is the nature of the social and legal contexts and the largely defective processes of both reason and juris prudence which allowed the implementation of this travesty to progress.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A beautiful and humane account of a shameful event told with ...By Steinbecks ShadowThis book is a hit in the gut! A beautiful and humane account of a shameful event told with compassion and understanding of a very precarious time. Lange's photos tell a story that words can't.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Again; amazing insight into what paranoia can do to "rational" people!By Gregory C. BrownAgain; amazing insight into what paranoia can do to "rational" people! This is something that Americans MUST learn about right not; as it looks like history may repeat itself very soon the way things are going!
