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Search ISBN:0073331651 offer from Abebooks or used books from Alibris. The Western Experience, with Primary Source Investigator and PowerWeb Reference Book. Classifications : Europe History Humanities New & Used Textbooks Custom Stores Specialty Stores Books General AAS History Humanities New & Used Textbooks Custom Stores Specialty Stores Books General AAS New & Used Text . Click the following link to view the cover of The Western Experience, with Primary Source Investigator and PowerWeb. Related topics: Europe. History. Humanities. Custom Stores. Specialty Stores. Books. General AAS. History. Humanities. Custom Stores. requestid: 7567985d-9a4a-4840-a087-b9c25e2e4375
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1) Hardcover Book The Western Experience, with Primary Source Investigator and PowerWeb by McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages. This book is very broad and does not go in great detail. Good for overviews, or a teacher who is not looking to press you for details. Is written quite simply and plainly for anyone to understand. Keep in mind the viewpoint of the authors when reading this...¤ 2) Hardcover Book The Western Experience, with Primary Source Investigator and PowerWeb by McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages. This book covers everything I needed for my high school sophomore AP European History class. Though it is at a college freshman level, and I found the reading tedious sometimes because of the information, it is, all in all, no more and no less than the history scholar would need. The authors did a superb job of tying everything together and explaining not only the "when", but the "why" and the "how" of the events covered. No irrelevant information is presented; it is all important to the study of European History. Plus, there is a bibliography in the back of each chapter for further reading and information sources. There is a list of maps, an introduction, and an epilogue, all of which are helpful.
The book has many helpful maps, charts, and boxes with the chronology of certain important events (i.e. the "fall" of Rome and the Persian Wars.) There are also pale yellow boxes throughout containing sections of literature and poetry from or about the time period that is being covered. The text not only covers major battles and people, but a bit about the lifestyles of the people being studied.
In short, this book is a wonderful resource for all those learning about European History.¤ 3) Hardcover Book The Western Experience, with Primary Source Investigator and PowerWeb by McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages. For any serious student of History, this book is a must have. It gives you the information in such a way, that it is both understandable, and easy to use. Very well done to the Authors.¤ 4) Hardcover Book The Western Experience, with Primary Source Investigator and PowerWeb by McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages. I had to purchase this book for my guide to AP European History. I had never before had a course in European History and this gave me a disadvantage in using this book. Because the text assumes you know who everyone is, the immeadiately tell you every single way history views important people, classes, wars, monarchs, etc. Also, the reading can get very tedious. However, I gave this book 3 stars because it does offer more than just what happened. It also tries to show the student, "why did it happen." TO teachers/professors: Only give this book to your class if they have some experience of European History¤ 5) Hardcover Book The Western Experience, with Primary Source Investigator and PowerWeb by McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages. "The Western Experience" edited by Chambers covers a massive range of topics in a manner that is conducive to the understanding of the material. The book discusses many Social, Political and economic trends for each respective time frame. However, there are some glaring omissions as a historical text. The book will state for example, that a certain organization was established in a certain year, however, nothing further is mentioned. No explanations as to why or as to what purpose said organization ultimately served. Further, the text becomes, at times, difficult to follow, as things are not discussed in chronological order. The reader often has difficulty in distinguishing the year and what specific events where happening elsewhere at the same time. But it must be noted here that the reader most certainly does recognize parallelism within history, as the result of its interconnected, yet non-chronological, organization scheme. If must be noted, however, that while it is at times difficult to follow, the book, especially in the more modern history parts, does a relatively good job of remaining objective.¤ 6) Hardcover Book The Western Experience, with Primary Source Investigator and PowerWeb by McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages. The Western Experience offers a thorough, analytical overview of Western civilization, giving students an introduction to the major achievements in Western thought, art, and science--as well as the social, political, and economic context for understanding those developments. To help readers develop their reasoning and writing skills, each chapter is constructed to serve as an example of a historical essay: A historical problem is presented, and arguments are developed using historical evidence. Available in a single volume as well as two-volume and three-volume formats, The Western Experience now devotes an entire chapter to empires in the nineteenth-century. Based on the work of Lisa Tiersten, Chapter 26 “Nineteenth-Century Empires” has impressive breath and depth of coverage both chronologically (nineteenth century, 1780-1914) and geographically. The chapter also includes exciting new illustrations and photographs and new primary source material. ¤Page Updated: Robert N. Goolsby, 5-Nov-2008, 00733316519780073331652, 510-450-800-7X0-880-360-8 
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