Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures - Volume 2 - Text Only

The Making of the West features a chronological narrative that offers a truly global context and tells the story of the cross-cultural exchanges that have shaped western history. This brief book includes a full-color map and art program and comprehensive supplement options, including LaunchPad and a free sourcebook. The result is a brief book that is an excellent price and an outstanding value.

With the fifth edition, Bedford/St. Martin’s is proud to offer a comprehensive digital solution to meet all your classroom needs. New to the fifth edition, LaunchPad for The Making of the West provides instructors and students with a full feature program that includes a wealth of primary documents, comparative analysis, visual analysis, and quantitative analysis in every chapter.

An integrated narrative helps students to see the big picture. The book’s hallmark chronological narrative weaves together the different strands of history — social, cultural, political, economic, intellectual — into an integrated portrait of western civilization. Students are able to see the connections within a given moment and understand developments over time.

An expansive conception of the west helps students understand today global world. The text places the west's emergence in a global context, explaining its position in the world today and emphasizing the role of borderlands and non-European regions in this process. It also offers a thorough treatment of globalization and sustained coverage of Islam throughout.

Updated scholarship and the freshest take on Europe for the 21st century helps students to make sense of their own times. The text provides the best sustained treatment of Islam and coverage of topics with modern relevance, including the roots of conflict in the Middle East and the use of torture in the colonial world.

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