Western Civilization

by Judith G. Coffin, Robert C. Stacey

Building on these strengths, Coffin and Stacey have delivered a new, carefully revised edition that draws upon their own practical teaching experience while integrating new and emerging research in the field. In addition, the Sixteenth Edition includes new "Transformations" sections that ask students to reflect on major turning points in history (such as the Black Death or the emergence of the Abolition movement). Also new to this edition are document questions that help students make connections between primary and secondary materials.

Genres: History

577 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Judith G. Coffin. Associate Professor. Department of History. University of Texas, Austin. Austin, Texas, USA

Research interests:European social and cultural history, especially 20th-century France; gender, sexuality and history of feminism, history of radio; private and public;; the "sexual revolution" in post-war France .

Reviews

[MegLove · Rating 2 out of 5]

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BORING! The Dark Ages of Greece was pretty interesting. There was a lot of killing and stuff, but by the end you are pretty optimistic about everyone moving past that and starting their own cabbage farms. Yet - despite being only half way through - I can safely say that Coffin & Stacey are not concerned with advancing a plot. Because they - quite unabashely, I might add - kept regurgitating the same story with a different cast. The Greeks. Kill a bunch of people, steal their land. Kill each other, take over the empire. Then the Phoenicians kill everyone. Then the Babylonians, then the Romans. By the time I got to the Byzantines and the Persians, I was getting a bit tired. I am really hoping the story takes a dramatic turn in Chapter 11 with the Mongols and the Ottoman Empire, because if all that happened in Western Civilization was war and killing and religion-swapping, then we are DOOMED.