TY - BOOK AU - Cole,Joshua AU - Symes,Carol AU - Coffin,Judith G. AU - Coffin,Judith G. AU - Stacey,Robert C. TI - Western civilizations: their history & their culture SN - 9780393934885 AV - CB245 .C65 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - W.W. Norton, KW - Civilization, Western KW - Textbooks KW - Europe KW - Civilization N1 - "Based on Western civilizations by Edward McNall Burns, Robert E. Lerner, Standish Meacham."; Revised edition of: Western civilizations : their history & their culture / Judith G. Coffin, Robert C. Stacey. 2nd brief edition, New York : W.W. Norton, c2009; Includes bibliographical references and index; v.1; Early civilizations -; Absolutism and empire, 1660-1789 --; v.2; Commerce, conquest, and colonization, 1300 -1600 -; World without walls : globalization and the West N2 - The best western civilizations text for emphasizing critical thinking, now in a brief edition. Master teachers and scholars, new co-authors Joshua Cole and Carol Symes integrate new and innovative pedagogical tools based on their own teaching experiences into this best-selling brief text to help students think critically, retain key information, and make connections ER -