Sources of World History, Volume I: Readings for World Civilization

Kishlansky, Mark A

ISBN 10: 0534560342 ISBN 13: 9780534560348

Publisher: Wadsworth, 1998

Synopsis

This reader, edited by well-known author Mark Kishlansky, includes a diversity of historical documents from world and western history designed to supplement textbooks and lectures in the teaching of world civilizations. It is an ideal complement to WORLD HISTORY, Second Edition by Duiker/Spielvogel; WORLD HISTORY, Second Edition by Upshur et al; and WORLD HISTORY, Fifth Edition by Adler. This reader provides a balance of constitutional documents, political theory, philosophy, imaginative literature, and social description.

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About the Author

Mark Kishlansky is Professor of English and European History and Associate Dean of the Faculty at Harvard University. Before joining the Harvard faculty he taught for sixteen years at the University of Chicago, where he was a member of the Committee on Social Thought. Professor Kishlansky is a specialist on seventeenth-century English political history and has written, among other works, A MONARCHY TRANSFORMED, THE RISE OF THE NEW MODEL ARMY, and PARLIAMENTARY SELECTION: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CHOICE IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND. From 1984 to 1991 he was editor of the JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES. He is currently writing a history of the reign of Charles I entitled THE DEATH OF KINGS.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wadsworth
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534560342
• ISBN 13: 9780534560348
• Binding: Misc. Supplies
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 380