Traditions & Encounters: A Brief Global History Volume 2

by Jerry H. Bentley, Herbert F. Ziegler, Heather E. Streets-Salter

From 1500 to the Present, Chapters 23-40 This groundbreaking world history text has, in its first edition, become a market leader by offering a fresh, global perspective on the past. The text is unique in approach; covering the world as a whole, examining the formations and development of the world's major societies ("traditions"), and also systematically exploring cross-cultural interactions and exchanges that have been some of the most effective agents of change in all of world history("encounters"). In addition, the authors have taken great care in constructing a coherent vision of the past that is not weighed down by a mass of detail, thus enabling instructors to incorporate additional readings of their choosing. Finally the text emphasizes that historical processes work themselves out through the lives and experiences of individual human beings, opening each chapter with an account of individual experiences that illuminate themes in that chapter. The second edition includes scholarship updates throughout and revisions to organization and content.

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

384 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1900

About the author

Jerry H. Bentley was professor of history at the University of Hawaii and editor of the Journal of World History.

Reviews

[LondonSiena · Rating 1 out of 5]

i’ll change my rating if I pass this exam tmmr.

[Bri_laughs_a_lot. · Rating 1 out of 5]

The order of the book made sense some of the time, but then other times it was really confusing. I guess I just don't like history enough to like a history book though.

[Valerie Cotnoir · Rating 4 out of 5]

While perhaps 300 pages too long, this is probably one of the best textbooks I've read and I've read plenty. I genuinely enjoyed it, mostly because of the compelling writing style and format. It really helped land key concepts for me and connected bridges in my mind between certain events and cultures. I learned a lot and I understand the world a little better. That in itself is a great accomplishment.

[Stefanie]

As part of my ongoing project to read and yeet any books on my shelves that I don't love, we come to my freshman year college history textbook which was honestly surprisingly readable. I learned a lot of things and now I need a fluffy fantasy novel.

[Cheryl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy to read. I learned a lot and enjoyed the college history class that I took.

[Felicia_noel · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had to read it for school. Interesting but not really my selection

[Jesika · Rating 1 out of 5]

i dont enjoy ap world or this book rn

[Jessi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had to read this book for my History of the World part 2 class. This book had a great deal of information in it (naturally) and a few facts even took me by surprise. One of these facts was that the four original time zones in America were set up in order to cause less confusion for train schedules and to avoid accidents. Given the fact that this book covered five hundred years of history, it was impossible to go into any great depth of information about a lot of historical events, but it does give its reader a good starting point for learning more.

[Zachariah · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was the book assigned for my World History II class and as far as history textbooks go, I feel this is a pretty good one. In fact I was kind of sad to return my rented copy after having read all but a couple chapters. More a broad overview, it would make for good reference material concerning general info on important world events.

[Stephen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Used as text book for World History II at the University of North Florida. Well written and excellence maps and primary source readings.