Western Civilization: Ideas, Politics, and Society
- ISBN-10
- 1305632176
- ISBN-13
- 9781305632172
- Series
- Western Civilization
- Pages
- 944
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-02-05
- Authors
- Marvin Perry, Myrna Chase, James Jacob
Description
WESTERN CIVILIZATION: IDEAS, POLITICS, AND SOCIETY, Eleventh Edition, offers an in-depth introduction to political, cultural, and intellectual history. Readers appreciate the book's accessible writing style as well as its brevity, clarity, and careful selection of content. Updated with more recent scholarship, the eleventh edition retains many popular features that help readers absorb and understand the material, including comparative timelines, full-color art essays, and profile and primary source boxes in each chapter.
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