The Human Record: Sources of Global History, Volume I: To 1700 - Softcover

Andrea, Alfred J.; Overfield, James H.

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9780618042456: The Human Record: Sources of Global History, Volume I: To 1700

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ISBN 10: 0618042458 ISBN 13: 9780618042456

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2000

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Unlike some other world history texts that center on the West, The Human Record provides balanced coverage of the global past. The book features both written and artifactual sources that are placed in their full historical contexts through introductory essays, footnotes, and focus questions. The text sheds light on the experiences of women and non-elite groups while maintaining overall balance and a focus on the major patterns of global historical developments through the ages.

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About the Author:

Alfred Andrea received his Ph.D. from Cornell University. He is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Vermont, where he taught from 1967 through 2001. His initial training focused on medieval European history, with an emphasis on Byzantine-Western relations and the Crusades. He has since published three books on the Crusades, as well as numerous articles on a variety of historical issues. Dr. Andrea is also the author of THE MEDIEVAL RECORD, a primary source reader published by Houghton Mifflin (1997). In 2002 he was Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at the University of Louisville, and for the past decade he has served as an officer of the World History Association.

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"What I value most about the conceptualization of The Human Record is its disciplinary integrity. Unlike many authors of global history textbooks and readers, Andrea and Overfield do not rely on artificial patterns, imposed on the coincidental to create false connections between societies which in fact had little or nothing to do with one another. ... Theirs represents the kind of balanced and historically grounded approach to global history which should become the prevailing model."

"I have observed before that the prologue constitutes the single best introduction to primary-source materials that I have come across. Lucid, thorough, and "student-friendly," it provides an outstanding discussion of the nature, uses, and limitations of sources."

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