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Story time just got better with Prime Book Box, a subscription that delivers hand-picked children’s books every 1, 2, or 3 months - at 40% off List Price. Jackson J. Spielvogel is Associate Professor Emeritus of History at The Pennsylvania State University. from The Ohio State University, where he specialized in Reformation History under Harold J. Grimm. Professor Spielvogel has won five major university-wide teaching awards.

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Professor Spielvogel has won five major university-wide teaching awards. During the year 1988 - 1989, he held the Penn State Teaching Fellowship, the university's most prestigious teaching award.

This brief version of WESTERN CIVILIZATION retains all of the best-selling features of the larger book in a. .

This brief version of WESTERN CIVILIZATION retains all of the best-selling features of the larger book in a condensed format. Second, I wanted to avoid the approach that is quite common in other brief histories of Western civilization - an approach that makes them collections of facts with little continuity from section to section. Instead, I sought to keep the story in history. Narrative history effectively transmits the knowledge of the past and is the form that best enables students to remember and understand the past. At the same time, I have not overlooked the need for the kind of.

Put the world today into context by learning about the past through this brief, best-selling Western Civilization text that has helped thousands of students succeed in the course

Put the world today into context by learning about the past through this brief, best-selling Western Civilization text that has helped thousands of students succeed in the course. Jack Spielvogel's engaging style of writing weaves the political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, and military aspects of history into a gripping story that is as memorable as it is instructive.

COURSE TEXT (REQUIRED) Jackson J. Spielvogel, Western Civilization: A Brief History. LECTURE TOPICS WITH ASSIGNED READINGS 1. Introduction: Modernity and Western Civilization

COURSE TEXT (REQUIRED) Jackson J. The Study Guide written for the assigned text is optional but contains exercises that students may find helpful for study and test preparation LECTURE TOPICS WITH ASSIGNED READINGS 1. Introduction: Modernity and Western Civilization. 2. Three Revolutions and the Making of the Modern Age: The English Revolution, The Glorious Revolution, and the American Revolution. Spielvogel, pp. 315-319, including the document The Bill of Rights ; p. 83-386. 3 4 3. The French Revolution.

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