Sources for the History of Western Civilization, Volume I: From Antiquity to the Mid-Eighteenth Century, Second Edition
- ISBN-10
- 1442609311
- ISBN-13
- 9781442609310
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 544
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-07-15
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Author
- Michael Bürger
Description
"Sources for the History of Western Civilization is a primary source reader designed specifically for students to interact with the sources with limited editorial additions. It begins in the second millennium BC with The Descent of Ishtar and ends with Isaac Newton's The Principia. This volume can stand alone as the primary source reader for the first half of a Western Civilization course or be paired with Michael Burger's overview text, The Shaping of Western Civilization, Vol. 1."-- Provided by publisher.
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