Western Civilizations by Joshua Cole

The bestselling Western Civ text helps students read and think critically. Coauthors Joshua Cole and Carol Symes make millennia of European history accessible and relevant to students today through their well-balanced narrative approach that interweaves social, political, and cultural history and places the West in a global context. Cole and Symes blend social, political, and cultural history with cross-cultural connections and exchange between the West and the wider world, allowing students to understand both the internal and external forces that have shaped Europe. Their years of classroom experience are on full display with highly teachable primary source offerings and their unmatched reading pedagogy. No other European history survey book is as up-to-date with trends in scholarship and delivers such enriching pedagogy as this tried and true market leading book.