Discovering the Western Past

by Julius R. Ruff

This supplemental text, designed for use in any Western civilization course, explores historical material using the "discovery approach," which presents students with a series of historical problems-and the evidence they can use to analyze and solve these problems. Each chapter follows a six-step system that allows students to follow a scholarly historical investigation from beginning to end.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Textbooks

454 pages, Paperback

First published July 23, 2007

Reviews

[Amanda Swan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like the multi-media presentation of history in this text. It's not just text and a few random images, it's text, primary sources (as written by their original authors), charts/graphs/statistics, and images (contemporary paintings, etc., and current photos). My only complaint is all of the images are black and white. All in all, a great primer for budding historians.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

great textbook and author. again, objective views of history with interesting sources.