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Informationen zum Autor Dennis Sherman is Professor of History at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, the City University of New York. He received his B.A. (1962) and J.D. (1965) degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and his Ph.D. (1970) from the University of Michigan . . He was Visiting Professor at the University of Paris (1978-79; 1985). He has received the Ford Foundation Prize Fellowship, the Council for Research on Economic History fellowship, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities. His publications include A Short History of Western Civilization, 8th edition (co-author); Western Civilization: Sources, Images, and Interpretations, 5th edition; World Civilizations: Sources, Images, and Interpretations, 2nd Edition (co-author); a series of introductions in the Garland Library of War and Peace; several articles and reviews on nineteenth-century French economic and social history in American and European journals, and short stories on literary reviews. Klappentext This collection of primary, secondary, and visual sources for the Western Civilization survey course provides a broad introduction to the materials historians use, the interpretations historians make, and 6,000 years of Western civilization. Its broad selection of documents, photographs, maps, and charts, and its full array of accompanying commentaries--drawn from a balanced spectrum of perspectives and approaches--offer valuable insight into the work of historians and provide the context that helps students understand the texts' full historical significance. Zusammenfassung A collection of primary! secondary! and visual sources for the Western Civilization survey course that provides an introduction to the materials historians use! the interpretations historians make! and 6!000 years of Western civilization. Inhaltsverzeichnis ***Contents preliminaryPART I CIVILIZATIONS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD Chapter One Civilizations of the Ancient Near East Primary Sources Using Primary Sources: Laws of HammurabiThe Laws of Hammurabi The Epic of Gilgamesh Hymn to the Nile Hymn to the Pharaoh The Old Testament-Genesis and Exodus The Aton Hymn and Psalm 104: The Egyptians and the HebrewsVisual Sources Using Visual Sources: The "Royal Standard" of Ur Sumer: The "Royal Standard" of Ur (illustration) Egyptian Wall Paintings from the Tomb of Menna (illustration) The Environment and the Rise of Civilization in the Ancient Near East (maps)Secondary Sources Using Secondary Sources: The Agricultural RevolutionRobert J. Braidwood, The Agricultural Revolution William H. McNeill, The Process of Civilization Herbert J. Muller, Freedom in the Ancient World: Civilization inSumer Henri Frankfort and H.A. Frankfort, The Intellectual Adventure of AncientMan Lionel Casson, Daily Life in Ancient Egypt: The Afterlife Barbara S. Lesko, Women of Egypt and the Ancient Near East Paul Johnson, A History of the Jews Chapter Two: The Emergence of Greek Civilization Primary SourcesHomer, The Iliad Hesiod, Works and Days A Colonization Agreement Semonides of Amorgos, Poem on Women Theognis of Megara, Aristocrats and Tyrants Solon, Early Athens Xenophon, Constitution of the Lacedaemonians Visual Sources Trade, Culture, and Colonization (photo) Migration and Colonization (maps)Secondary SourcesFrank J. Frost, The End of the Mycenaean World Finley Hooper, Greek Realities: The Homeric Epics Sarah B. Pomeroy, et al., Social Values and Ethics in the "DarkAge" of Greece C.M. Bowra, The Greek Experience: The Heroic Outlook Chapter Three: Classical and Hellenistic Greece Primary SourcesThucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War: The Historical Metho...
