With a collection of 300 sources--each accompanied by an introductory essay and review questions--this two-volume primary source reader emphasizes the history of ideas. The Sixth Edition features additional sources by and about women, as well as new attention to documents dealing with social and cultural issues. This reader works as an accompaniment to any Western Civilization course, but makes an ideal companion for Perry's Western Civilization, 7/e, or Western Civilization: A Brief History, 5/e.
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"One major strength of this text is that in many of the chapters it includes works by women, works that deal with the lives of women or gender issues, as well as sexuality....Another strength is that within each chapter there is a readily apparent sub-heading for each group of documents, bringing them coherence and allowing the students to see the major topics within each chapter."
"[Sources of the Western Tradition] covers all the possible topics of the course, it has a very rich selection of the documents, and the documents are of great quality."
"I have used [Sources of the Western Tradition] for years and believe that it is one of the best sourcebooks on the market." --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
"[Sources of the Western Tradition] covers all the possible topics of the course, it has a very rich selection of the documents, and the documents are of great quality."
"I have used [Sources of the Western Tradition] for years and believe that it is one of the best sourcebooks on the market." --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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This review is from: Sources of the Western Tradition: Volume 2: From the Rennaissance to the Present, Brief Edition (Paperback)
Horrible quality book for the price. The description of being lightly used was an gross understatement. The book arrived on time and was the correct edition, but the covers and pages were falling off before I had taken it from the package or even used it. Now I am using tape to hold together my $33 textbook. Very disappointed.
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I had read excerpts from previous editions of the Sources of Western Tradition, but I am extremely glad I purchased this book. I purchased it for use in a Humanities Course, but the primary source material has been useful in many different classes. I have used it in Composition, Philosophy, History, and even to tie some things together in Biology. The book does contain excellent primary source material. However, Perry's introductions are very insightful. This is one of those textbooks that is worth keeping when the class is over.
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This review is from: Sources of the Western Tradition, Volume 2 (Paperback)
I'm much more of a chemistry person than anything, and personally I think history is just naturally yawn-inducing. I hate it when when textbooks' prefaces say, "Yeah, students pull me aside after class and tell me how much they enjoy reading the textbook..." which is usually a load of balderdash, because those same textbooks tend to make me drift off to dreamland about much more stimulating pleasures in life, like hot sauce and ice cream.
I can honestly say, however, that some of these sources, particularly the 20th century ones, are interesting even for scientists. You really feel pulled into the time period, and can feel the pomposity of Benito Mussolini, the plight of the POWs, the horrors of the gulags... and so much more, all first hand, like you're sitting invisible watching the events happen with your own eyes, just with no danger factor. I got an A in my college western civs class without reading Spielvogel at all. I just read the sources in this book. I know I am forever changed since I was drawn into the pages... Newton's essays were pretty cool. He wrote like a genius, obviously.
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