Heritage of World Civilizations: Teaching and Learning, Classroom Edition

by Albert M. Craig, Donald Kagan, William A. Graham

<!--5010I-8, 0-13-150100-3, Craig, Albert M., Heritage of World Teaching and Learning, Classroom Edition, 2/E//--> This book provides a thoughtful history of human civilizations while maintaining a balance between the Western world and other societies. Starting with the birth of civilization, this combined volume takes the reader through the empires and cultures of the ancient world, the consolidation and interaction of world civilizations, the enlightenment and revolution in the west, and into global conflict and change of the Twentieth Century. For readers looking to make history come alive.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Reference, Textbooks, World History, Art

888 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

Reviews

[Gideon Hodge · Rating 1 out of 5]

I've become convinced this book is part of a hazing process for young historians.
Anyone who's given this more than one star indeed must loathe history greatly.
Haphazard and uninspired. Pass this book up, unless you are in dire need of a head ache.

Please, for the love of the gods, choose a different 'survey' text for history professors.

[Patty · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ug! I took an Ancient History class and had to read this book in 5 weeks!!! Ok, well, we didn't read cover to cover...but it was a vast majority of the book broken into units of Civilizations verses time periods as the book is written. Ug Ug Ug.

This may cloud my perception because it was incredibly fast, but, I did find myself saying out loud "you just wrote that!" I found the repetition in facts super redundant and the flow very croweded... I think either Craig, or one of the many other authors should write their own books and not each others...

Ug. Ug Ug.

But history is really cool... and there was a TON of information about humanity in the book, so please, don't burn it ever, just... maybe take 12 weeks to read each chapter instead of 5.

[Jessicatague20 · Rating 3 out of 5]

headache,headache,headache...helps for class though! Not as overly dry a read as some; but also not organized very well. Information was all over the place! I enjoyed some of the random facts that you don't really need to learn though...

[Faraz Ali · Rating 3 out of 5]

No author opinion and only facts and incidents were written that is a good thing by author to give freedom of choice.