{"product_id":"9781551113289","title":"Sources for a History of Western Civilization","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis two-volume reader documents the history of the West, from the second millennium BC through the twentieth century. Drawing from the well known and the less obvious, \u003ci\u003eSources for the History of Western Civilization \u003c\/i\u003ereflects the ongoing reassessment of the canonical texts of Western history. The volumes include generous selections of literature, letters, laws, records, biographical writings, and illustrations that collectively create a rich portrait of the West's intellectual, social, political, and material development. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnlike other readers, \u003ci\u003eSources for the History of Western Civilization \u003c\/i\u003euses complete texts whenever feasible, including those of a number of longer works, such as \u003ci\u003eThe Symposium\u003c\/i\u003e; Einhard's \u003ci\u003eLife of Charlemagne \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Communist Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e. Women are well represented and Western Civilization is placed within world history by the inclusion of materials from the Near East, the Americas and Asia. The selections have been newly annotated and the translations have in many cases been modernized. The headnotes introducing each author's work leave room for readers to conduct their own analyses. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press, Higher Education Division","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47045657985264,"sku":"9781551113289","price":47.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781551113289_p0.jpg?v=1763752483","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781551113289","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}