Perspectives from the Past: Primary Sources in Western Civilizations: from the Age of Exploration Through Contemporary Times

by James M. Brophy, Joshua Cole, John Robertson

Perspectives from the Past: Primary Sources in Western Civilizations offers a broad range of selections in varying degrees of length; with a total of 225 classic and contemporary primary sources. Selections are long, which gives students a chance to engage and understand each document, and the book includes two visual sources per chapter. The wealth of selections accommodates most any course curriculum, and the readings may be used on their own or in conjunction with a textbook.

Genres: History

600 pages, Paperback

First published November 29, 2011

About the author

James Brophy is the Francis H. Squire Professor of History at the University of Delaware. A historian of modern Europe, his research focuses on the social, economic, and political history of nineteenth-century Germany.

Reviews

[Sam Gaylor · Rating 3 out of 5]

I hated reading Mein Kampf - Adolf Hitler.

I knew Hitler was messed up (and many other things), but I did not realize exactly how much till I read Mein Kampf.
It is the worst thing I have ever read (in the sense of EVIL).