Patterns of World History: Combined Volume with Sources

von Sivers, Peter, Desnoyers, Charles A., Shaw, George B.

ISBN 10: 0199399816 / ISBN 13: 9780199399819

Published by Oxford University Press, 2014

Good. Seller Inventory # ERICA82901993998163

Synopsis:

It is widely agreed that world history is more than simply the sum of all national histories. Likewise, Patterns of World History 2/e is more than an unbroken sequence of dates, battles, and rulers; and it is more than the study of isolated stories of change over time. Rather, in this textbook the authors endeavor to present in a clear and engaging way how world history "works." Instead of merely offering a narrative history of the appearance of this or that innovation, they present an analysis of the process by which an innovation in one part of the world is diffused and carried to the rest of the globe. Instead of focusing on the memorization of people, places, and events, they strive to present important facts in context and draw meaningful connections, analyzing whatever patterns they find and drawing conclusions where they can. In short, the authors seek to examine the interlocking mechanisms and animating forces of world history, without neglecting the human agency behind them.

About the Author: Peter von Sivers is associate professor of Middle Eastern history at the University of Utah. He has previously taught at UCLA, Northwestern University, the University of Paris VII (Vincennes), and the University of Munich. He has also served as chair, Joint Committee of the Near and Middle East, Social Science Research Council, New York, 1982-1985; editor, International Journal of Middle East Studies, 1985-1989; member, Board of Directors, Middle East Studies Association of North America, 1987-1990; and chair, SAT II World History Test Development Community of the Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ, 1991-1994. His publications include Caliphate, Kingdom, and Decline: The Political Theory of Ibn Khaldun, several edited books, and three dozen peer-reviewed chapters and articles on Middle Eastern and North African history, as well as world history. He received hid Dr. phil. from the University of Munich.

Charles A. Desnoyers:
Phone: 215-951-1091 E-mail: desnoyer@lasalle.edu Charles Desnoyers is professor of history and director of Asian Studies at La Salle University in Philadelphia. He has previously taught at Temple University, Villanova University, and Penn State University. In addition to serving as History Department Chair from 1999-2007, he was a founder and long-time director of the Greater Philadelphia Asian Studies Consortium, and President (2011-12) of the Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies. He has served as a reader, table leader, and question writer for AP European and World History. He is a lifetime member of the World History Association and served as editor of the organization's Bulletin from 1995-2001. In addition to numerous articles in peer-reviewed and general publications, his work includes A Journey to the East: Li Gui's “A New Account of a Trip Around the Globe” (2004, University of Michigan Press). He received his Ph.D from Temple University.

George B. Stow
is professor of ancient and medieval history and director of the graduate program in history at La Salle University, Philadelphia. His teaching experience embraces a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses in ancient Greece and Rome, medieval England, and world history; and for excellence in teaching he has been awarded the Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award. Professor Stow is a member of the Medieval Academy of America and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He is the recipient of a National Defense Education Act Title IV Fellowship, a Woodrow Wilson Foundation Fellowship, and research grants from the American Philosophical Society and La Salle University. His publications include a critical edition of a fourteenth-century monastic chronicle, Historia Vitae et Regni Ricardi Secundi (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1977), as well as numerous articles and reviews in scholarly journals including Speculum, The English Historical Review, the Journal of Medieval History, the American Historical Review, and several others. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Patterns of World History: Combined Volume ...
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 2014
Binding: paperback
Condition: Good
Edition: 2nd Edition
Book Type: book