World Civilizations

For an accessible, comprehensive global survey of the world's major civilizations, Adler and Pouwels' "World Civilizations Volume II, International Edition" offers a great balance between detail and brevity. This unique student-oriented text offers 32 short chapters accompanied by strong pedagogy and critical thinking tools, giving instructors the flexibility to assign a wide range of major topics in world history in a variety of different ways, plus making learning more manageable for students. Built on the authors' nearly sixty years of combined teaching experience, the Sixth Edition features increased coverage of Asia and Africa, strengthening the global backbone of the text significantly. The focused treatment of topics throughout history covers every major epoch and follows broad patterns and processes, while illuminating history through specific examples and a particular emphasis on social and cultural topics. This title is available in the following split options: "World Civilizations, Sixth Edition" (Chapters 1-54), ISBN: 1111341303; "Volume I: To 1700" (Chapters 1-28), ISBN: 1111341311; and, "Volume II: Since 1500" (Chapters 22-54), ISBN: 111134132X.