The Western Heritage: Volume 2 (9th Edition) [Paperback]

Donald Kagan (Author), Steven M Ozment (Author), Frank M. Turner (Author)

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ISBN-10: 013173346X | ISBN-13: 978-0131733466 | Publication Date: February 4, 2006 | Edition: 9

Written by leading scholars in the field, this authoritative text presents an engaging and balanced narrative of the central developments in Western history. Seamlessly integrating coverage of social, cultural and political history, this text is presented in a flexible chronological organization. The new Ninth Edition provides updated scholarship, expanded coverage of cultural history, the ancient Near East, late antiquity, imperialism, and the Holocaust. 

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About the Author

Donald Kagan is Sterling Professor of History and Classics at Yale University, where he has taught since 1969. He received the A.B. degree in history from Brooklyn College, the M.A. in classics from Brown University, and the Ph.D. in history from Ohio State University. During 1958–1959 he studied at the American School of Classical Studies as a Fulbright Scholar. He has received three awards for undergraduate teaching at Cornell and Yale. He is the author of a history of Greek political thought, The Great Dialogue (1965); a four-volume history of the Peloponnesian war, The Origins of the Peloponnesian War (1969); The Archidamian War (1974); The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition (1981); The Fall of the Athenian Empire (1987); a biography of Pericles, Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy (1991); On the Origins of War (1995); and The Peloponnesian War (2003). He is coauthor, with Frederick W. Kagan, of While America Sleeps (2000). With Brian Tierney and L. Pearce Williams, he is the editor of Great Issues in Western Civilization, a collection of readings. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal for 2002 and was chosen by the National Endowment for the Humanities to deliver the Jefferson Lecture in 2004.

 

Steven Ozment is McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History at Harvard University. He has taught Western Civilization at Yale, Stanford, and Harvard. He is the author of eleven books. The Age of Reform, 1250—1550 (1980) won the Schaff Prize and was nominated for the 1981 National Book Award. Five of his books have been selections of the History Book Club: Magdalena and Balthasar: An Intimate Portrait of Life in Sixteenth Century Europe (1986), Three Behaim Boys: Growing Up in Early Modern Germany (1990), Protestants: The Birth of A Revolution (1992), The Burgermeister’s Daughter: Scandal in a Sixteenth Century German Town (1996), and Flesh and Spirit: Private Life in Early Modern Germany (1999). His most recent publications are Ancestors: The Loving Family of Old Europe (2001), A Mighty Fortress: A New History of the German People (2004), and “Why We Study Western Civ,” The Public Interest 158 (2005).

 

Frank M. Turner is John Hay Whitney Professor of History at Yale University and Director of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University, where he served as University Provost from 1988 to 1992. He received his B.A. degree at the College of William and Mary and his Ph.D. from Yale. He has received the Yale College Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching. He has directed a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute. His scholarly research has received the support of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Guggenheim Foundation and the Woodrow Wilson Center. He is the author of Between Science and Religion: The Reaction to Scientific Naturalism in Late Victorian England (1974), The Greek Heritage in Victorian Britain  (1981), which received the British Council Prize of the Conference on British Studies and the Yale Press Governors Award,  Contesting Cultural Authority: Essays in Victorian Intellectual Life  (1993), and  John Henry Newman: The Challenge to Evangelical Religion  (2002). He has also contributed numerous articles to journals and has served on the editorial advisory boards of The Journal of Modern History, Isis, and Victorian Studies. He edited The Idea of a University by John Henry Newman (1996), Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke (2003), and Apologia Pro Vita Sua and Six Sermons by John Henry Newman (2008). Between l996 and 2006 he served as a Trustee of Connecticut College and between 2004 and 2008 as a member of the Connecticut Humanities Council. In 2003, Professor Turner was appointed Director of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 736 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 9 edition (February 4, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 013173346X
• ISBN-13: 978-0131733466
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, May 5, 2008

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This review is from: The Western Heritage: Volume 2 (9th Edition) (Paperback)

For non-history majors, this book is one of the best history texts I've read (or been required to read). Although at a few points it seems to be excessively wordy, it becomes apparent that the authors want the reader to grasp the importance of this element of history. Or put another way, this isn't a Cliff's Notes history book, you're going to get more than just the essential details because the authors want you to understand all facets of how this element caused future events to unfold. If you're not into history, it can take some effort to get through the details.

All political issues seem to be treated with a neutral stance, a temptation many other authors have found it hard to resist. And the book covers important cultural events that shape the century.

This book isn't necessarily an easy read. Be prepared to find your way to a dictionary.

If this book is required as part of your history course, relax. Everything is going to be all right, just be sure to budget plenty of time to read the chapters and it is very helpful to make notes while you read. As stated above, there can be a lot of detail and dates to remember.

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4.0 out of 5 stars History is fun, December 3, 2008

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This review is from: The Western Heritage: Volume 2 (9th Edition) (Paperback)

Easy to read and comprehend, I bought this textbook for my Western Civ. class and it was definitely one of the better books I had to read that semester.

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This review is from: The Western Heritage: Volume 2 (9th Edition) (Paperback)

I did not like this book very much. There was information missing and it didn't even start out at chapter 1. The book also didn't go along with what the teacher was teaching, and all my classes do. I was pretty disappointed with this book. It might have just been my copy but I really didn't like this book at all. The glossary wasn't very good and there was just information missing.