Dennis Sherman Boeken

This classic, inexpensive, brief text is perfect for colleges organized on the quarter system or for professors who want to assign supplemental reading. The organization of the text was revised for greater clarity, and this edition includes a chapter on "The Collapse of Communism and New Realities." The coverage of social and cultural history has been increased without sacrificing the text's distinctive balance. The eighth edition contains a thorough map program, and a boxed feature highlighting primary sources.

This volume provides a broad introduction to the evolution of world civilizations since 1500. A wide selection of short documents, photographs and charts is presented along with introductions, commentaries, guides and questions designed to clarify the material and stimulate discussion. Organized chronologically and regionally, the anthology gives students insights into how historians use evidence (primary and visual sources) and make interpretations (secondary sources) that underlie our understanding of world civilizations. The text includes a strong mixture of women's history and social history.