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World History

1. The Search for Modern China: A Documentary Collection

   Janet Chen, Pei-kai Cheng, Michael Lestz, Et Al.

   Third Edition

   The most widely used primary-source reader for the modern China course, thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the new edition of Spence, The Search for Modern China.More

2. The Search for Modern China

   Jonathan D. Spence

   Third Edition

   The leading textbook by the leading scholar.More

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

   James M. Brophy, Joshua Cole, John Robertson, Et Al.

   Fifth Edition / Volume(s): 1 / Chapters 1-15

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

4. Born in Blood and Fire: Latin American Voices

   John Charles Chasteen

   John Chasteen’s carefully crafted companion reader to Born in Blood and Fire follows the table of contents of the main text and provides glimpses into the everyday life and texture of the Latin American experience during the last six centuries.More

5. Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: A Companion Reader

   Kenneth L. Pomeranz, James B. Given, Laura J. Mitchell

   Volume(s): 1

   Nearly 150 visual and textual primary sources to complement Worlds Together, Worlds Apart.More

6. The Mongols and Global History

   Morris Rossabi

   An accessible, documents-based introduction to the history of the Mongols.More

7. Perspectives from the Past: Primary Sources in Western Civilizations: From the Ancient Near East through the Age of Absolutism

   James M. Brophy, Joshua Cole, Steven Epstein, Et Al.

   Fourth Edition / Volume(s): 1 / Chapters 1-15

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

8. Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: A History of the World from the Beginnings of Humankind to the Present

   Robert Tignor, Jeremy Adelman, Stephen Aron, Et Al.

   Second Edition / Volume(s): One-Volume / Beginnings to Present

   True to its title, this uniquely integrated text highlights the stories and themes in world history that tied cultures and regions together, and in some cases, drove them apart.More

9. Children of the Sun: A History of Humanity's Unappeasable Appetite for Energy

   Alfred W. Crosby

   We don’t often recognize the humble activity of cooking for the revolutionary cultural adaptation that it is. But when the hearth fires started burning in the Paleolithic, humankind broadened the exploitation of food and took one of several great leaps forward.More

10. The Killing Zone: My Life in the Vietnam War

    Frederick Downs, Jr.

    “The best damned book from the point of view of the infantrymen who fought there.”—Army TimesMore

11. The Global Revolutions of 1968

    Jeremi Suri

    The revolutions of 1968 represent the culmination of 1960's protest movements across the globe.More

12. The Last Expedition: Stanley's Mad Journey through the Congo

    Daniel Liebowitz, Charles Pearson

    A noble rescue mission descends into a nightmare of cruelty, starvation, and cannibalism, bringing to a close the European exploration of Africa. "Liebowitz and Pearson have written an illuminating saga of the dark days of colonialism."—National Geographic AdventureMore

13. The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics

    Richard Davenport-Hines

    A startling account of the history of drug abuse, this book forces us to reconsider many of our views on a controversial issue.More