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A History Of World Society, Volume 1 Sixth Edition
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 300
EAN: 9780618301966
Edition: 6
ISBN: 0618301968
Label: Houghton Mifflin Company
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 568
Publication Date: February 13, 2003
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Studio: Houghton Mifflin Company
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Editorial Review:This best-selling world history survey uses political history as the main framework of its narrative, while emphasizing social history to a greater extent than in any comparable text.The text retains many popular pedagogical features from previous editions, including its short introduction, focus questions, presentation of historical problems throughout the text, primary source quotations, chapter summaries, and annotated lists of suggested readings.
- This edition expands its coverage of non-Western regions with the expertise of author Patricia Ebrey, a noted historian who specializes in Asian history.
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Rating:  - Very speedy and accommodating
Great seller! He initially sent the worng book but IMMEDIATELY and KINDLY corrected the problem. Would certainly buy from him again. Also, the shipping was very speedy!
Rating:  - 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 ... Read More
Rating:  - 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....
Rating: - 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.
Rating: - A comprehensive and accurate account of world history
This extraordinarily well written book contains every essential fact with which we all need to be familiar. No other book on the market offers so much information at such a low price. Furthermore, the structure of the book facilitates reading and also makes it more interesting. Needless to say, many history books nowadays present biased accounts of historic facts (after all, it is a well known fact that winners write history books). This book, on the other hand, provides a relatively unbiased and ... Read More
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