Unlike many of its longer and more expensive competitors; The Shaping of Western Civilization is a short and coherent overview of the history of Western civilization from the ancient Near East to late eighteenth-century Europe and America. Michael Burger's skills as both writer and synthesizer enable students to see connections across time and to witness how the West's past moulds its present.Michael Burger's goal is to "put readers in a position to ask fruitful questions of primary sources." To achieve this goal; The Shaping of Western Civilization is shorter than most overview texts to give students more time to engage with the sources. By obtaining a sound background from the textbook; students can ask meaningful questions of the primary sources; especially those collected in the overview's counterpart; Sources for the History of Western Civilization: Volume I.Maps; timelines; black and white illustrations; notes on references; and a section on further reading are all included.Special Combined Price: The Shaping of Western Civilization: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment may be ordered together with Sources for the History of Western Civilization; Volume I at a special discounted price. In order to secure the package price; the following ISBN must be used when ordering: 978-1-55402-605-0.
#126689 in Books 2016-09-25Original language:English 9.00 x .28 x 6.00l; #File Name: 1539070611124 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Firsthand accountBy PilgrimThose who read of 19th Century battles will appreciate the detail and exacting picture given of the Union lines and leadership. A pivotal battle with horrendous casualties fought for no strategic end. The writer is clearly a valiant hero and who among us can glimpse what he went through?The clear advantage of defending a position as opposed to carrying a position foreshadows WWI.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. DescriptivesBy NcnovembergrlThis is supposedly a letter from the author to his brother. It reads more like a novel. The author; an officer of the Union Army; refers to himself as vain and egotistical. I have to say I agree. However; his accounts of the battle were from his personal experiences. He doesn't attempt to surmise or guess what was happening between armies in other places. It is felt that he; being intelligent and well schooled; didn't suffer fools."The red flags wave; their horsemen gallop up and down; the arms of eighteen thousand men; barrel and bayonet; gleam in the sun; a sloping forest of flashing steel. Right on they move; as with one soul; in perfect order; without impediment....These Rebels are accustomed to hunger and nakedness; customs to which our men do not take readily." "Tradition; story; history—all will not efface the true; grand epic of Gettysburg."" -Frank A. Haskell0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The Battle of Gettysburg - ReviewBy GaryI'm not a civil war enthusiast but I was interested in finding more about the battle of Gettysburg. This book gave me the opportunity to satisfy that interest; which it did.
