Joshua Cole

Joshua Cole (Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley) is Associate Professor of History at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. His research focuses on gender and the history of population sciences, colonial violence, and the politics of memory in nineteenth- and twentieth-century France, Germany, and Algeria. He is the author of The Power of Large Numbers: Population, Politics and Gender in Nineteenth-Century France.

Books by Joshua Cole

  1. Book CoverPerspectives from the Past: Primary Sources in Western Civilizations: From the Ancient Near East through the Age of Absolutism

    Fourth Edition / Volume(s): 1

    Perspectives from the Past is the most flexible and substantial reader for use in the two-semester Western Civilizations course.More

  2. Book CoverPerspectives from the Past: Primary Sources in Western Civilizations: From the Ancient Near East through the Age of Absolutism

    Fifth Edition / Volume(s): 1

    The best collection of longer primary sources now available in an affordable, compact format.More

  3. Book CoverPerspectives from the Past: Primary Sources in Western Civilizations: From the Ancient Near East through the Age of Absolutism

    Third Edition / Volume(s): 1

    Now in its Third Edition, Perspectives from the Past has been extensively revised to be the ideal companion to Western Civilizations.More

  4. Book CoverWestern Civilizations: Their History & Their Culture

    Seventeenth Edition / Volume(s): Combined Volume

    A pedagogically innovative new edition of the most-balanced and best-selling western civilizations text of all time.More

  5. Book CoverWestern Civilizations: Their History and Their Culture

    Brief Third Edition / Volume(s): One-Volume

    The best western civilizations text for emphasizing critical thinking, now in a brief edition.More