Argentina Hotels Travel - Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: A History of the World from the Beginnings of Humankind to the Present, Second Edition: Volume 2, Chapters 10-21 (from 1200)
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Manufacturer: W. W. Norton
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 909
EAN: 9780393925494
ISBN: 0393925498
Label: W. W. Norton
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 960
Publication Date: 2008-02-19
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Studio: W. W. Norton
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True to its title, this uniquely integrated text highlights the stories and themes in world history that tied cultures and regions together, and in some cases, drove them apart. In this second edition, the book's non-Eurocentric approach continues with expansions of the original eleven world history "turning point" stories from the modern period to include ten more "turning point" stories from the earlier periods of world history. From the history of the world's first cities built on the great rivers of Afro-Eurasia, to the formation of the Silk Road, to the rise of nation-states, and the story of modern globalization, Worlds Together, Worlds Apart provides students with the stories that changed history and enables them to make the connections they need in order to better understand how the world came to be what it is today.
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Summary: A great overview of moden history of the world
Comment: A great overview of moden history of the world that does an excellent job of pulling together all the major areas of the world in a broad overview. The only problem I had with it was the inconsistent coverage of (and a few mistakes in) the history of Muscovy/Russian Empire and Kyivan Rus/Ukraine/Belarus, although it's markedly better than previous history texts in this regard. It is also a 2001/2002 edition and as such doesn't cover 9/11, the following two American wars, recent EU/NATO expansion, the Rose Revolution in Georgia, the Orange Revolution in Ukraine, the major destruction of human life and cultures from natural disasters in the past couple years, etc.
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Summary: Textbook for people with open minds
Comment: The book is great in that it goes beyond what the black death did in EUROPE. The book is written as a text book and contains maps, pictures, and tons of useful information. The greatest part of this book is that it presents educational findings in a textbook style so that even high schoolers can read it without feeling too overwhelmed. Also, in high school most the student don't know of the mogul empire; this book sheds light on other parts of the world that most high school classes doesn't cover.
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Summary: The best modern world history book on the market
Comment: I've used several different modern world history texts in my courses, and this is not only the one that I like best, but according to student course evaluations it is the one that my students at 3 different universities have liked the best. It does a great job of connecting the dots between different civilizations and showing the relationships among them, unlike the standard text that simply throws all the different civilizations into separate sections. It also is truly global, whereas too many texts are simply Western Civ. texts that add a few "non-western" chapters. After reading some dozen modern World History books I'm convinced that this one is not only the best, but is head and shoulders above its competitors.
I will admit, though, that in my experience the 2.0 student hasn't liked this book as well as the 2.8-4.0 student. But to be fair, that was also true of other books I assigned in the past (Bulliet, Palmer, Kishlansky, etc.)
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Summary: Excellent.
Comment: Unlike the previous reviewers I found Tignor's text to be a highly lucid and comprehensive account of world history. If you have not read much history than you will have to be patient at first with the writing style as it is chock full of information and concepts that can seem disconnected an quite abstract. Yet, if you have the perseverance to stick with it, you be rewarded with a rich understanding of the themes that run through the narrative of human history. Strongly recommended.
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Summary: Organization? Is that not in the authors' dictionary?
Comment: While this book contains valuable information it seems horribly put together in seemingly random order. Many-a-times I found that I would be reading the exact same sentence in Chapter 3 as in Chapter 4. The authors largely ignored any sort of geographical or chronological organization and just puts sections in wherever the mood struck them.
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