Synopses & Reviews
The resulting book is approximately one-third shorter and one-third less expensive. The pedagogical format and chapter structure of the full edition have been maintained in the Brief Edition, and students will also have unrestricted access to the full ancillary package, including the Digital History Center.
Synopsis
The Study Guide provides students with a comprehensive means for review and self-assessment. Each chapter contains outlines, chronologies and matching questions, as well as the types of questions available in the Test Bank.
Synopsis
'The Brief Edition of
Western Civilizationsoffers all of the benefits of the Full Edition, but has been streamlined for courses that require a shorter text.\n
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About the Author
Judith Coffin(Ph.D. Yale University) is an Associate Professor at the University of Texas, Austin, where she won the University of Texas President's Associates' Award for Teaching Excellence. Previously, she taught at Harvard University and the University of California, Riverside. Her research interests are the social and cultural history of gender, mass culture, slavery, race relations, and colonialism. She is the author of The Politics of Women's Work: The Paris Garment Trades, 1750'"1915.Robert Stacey(Ph.D. Yale University) is Professor of History, Dean of the Humanities, and a member of the Jewish Studies faculty at the University of Washington, Seattle. A long-time teacher of Western civilizations and medieval European history, he has received Distinguished Teaching Awards from both the University of Washington and Yale University, where he taught from 1984 to 1988. He has authored and coauthored four books, including a textbook, The Making of England to 1399.