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Taking sides : Clashing views in world history, Volume 1 : the ancient world to the pre-modern era / selected, edited and with introductions by Joseph R. Mitchell and Helen Buss Mitchell.

Contributor(s): Dubuque, IA : McGraw-Hill Contemporary Learning Series, 2009Edition: Third editio , expandedDescription: xxiv, 384 pages : 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780078127588 (paperback)
Other title:
  • Clashing views in world history, the ancient world to the pre-modern era
  • World history, the ancient world to the pre-modern era
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • CB20.T34 2010
Summary: [This book] is a debate-style reader designed to introduce students to controversies in world history. The readings, which represent the arguments of leading historians and commentators on world history, reflect a variety of viewpoints and have been selected for their liveliness and substance and because of their value in a debate framework.... [It] actively develops students' critical thinking skills. --Back cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

[This book] is a debate-style reader designed to introduce students to controversies in world history. The readings, which represent the arguments of leading historians and commentators on world history, reflect a variety of viewpoints and have been selected for their liveliness and substance and because of their value in a debate framework.... [It] actively develops students' critical thinking skills. --Back cover.

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