Civilization Past & Present, Combined Volume (11th Edition) (MyHistoryLab Series) [Hardcover]

Palmira J. Brummett (Author), Robert R. Edgar (Author), Neil J. Hackett (Author), George F. Jewsbury (Author), Barbara S. Molony (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0321236130 | ISBN-13: 978-0321236135 | Edition: 11

The authors of the Eleventh Edition of Civilization Past and Present specialists in Islamic, African, Asian, Ancient, Russian, and East European history weave the diverse trends of world history into a clear and accessible analysis for today's students.

Civilization Past and Present, well known in the marketplace as a highly readable survey text, delivers a strong narrative of world history and a level of detail that is manageable for students and solid for instructors. Using images and documents that enhance the text's content, the narrative traces connections across cultures and introduces intriguing avenues of historical interpretation. The text examines all aspects of world history social, political, economic, religious, cultural, and geographic.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1184 pages
• Publisher: Longman; 11 edition (January 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321236130
• ISBN-13: 978-0321236135
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #653,731 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Skewed on Islam, January 7, 2009

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This review is from: Civilization Past & Present, Combined Volume (11th Edition) (MyHistoryLab Series) (Hardcover)

Like most post-911 textbooks, the coverage of Islam has been revised in a way designed not to offend any Muslim. In doing so, however, truth can get sacrificed along the way. "The Prophet's new polity came into conflict with some of the Jewish tribes of Medina and the tribes were expelled" Is this the way of blaming the Jews for the Muslim conquest? It sure seems like the first step toward putting anti-Semitism in the book.

Mohammed is portrayed without blemish, however. "Even as a young man Mohammed came to be admired by his fellow Meccans as a sincere and honest person"

The Muslim conquests were not really conquests.. "The Muslims in Spain seem never to have had serious intentions of expanding their territorial hold across the Pyranees into what is now France, but they did engage in seasonal raids. One such raiding party was defeated by Charles Martel near Tours in 732" Charles Martel and the Franks had to work pretty hard not to be conquered by this "raiding party." Now instead of the decisive battle that preserved European civilization as non-Muslim, we have an unintentional raid.

Without a prior knowledge of any of this history, the student would certain get a skewed picture of the nature and expansion of Islam. We do not expect our textbooks to give us a religious history, we expect a critical history.