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The Making of the West, Volume 2: Since 1500: Peoples and Cultures Fifth Edition
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- ISBN-101457681536
- ISBN-13978-1457681530
- EditionFifth
- PublisherBedford/St. Martin's
- Publication dateSeptember 30, 2015
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions6.75 x 1.25 x 9.25 inches
- Print length688 pages
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- Publisher : Bedford/St. Martin's; Fifth edition (September 30, 2015)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 688 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1457681536
- ISBN-13 : 978-1457681530
- Item Weight : 1.75 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.75 x 1.25 x 9.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #900,052 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,533 in History of Civilization & Culture
- #2,244 in History (Books)
- #29,348 in United States History (Books)
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I am a medievalist by training and now a historian of emotions as well. Professor emerita at Loyola University Chicago, I am the author most recently of "Love: A History in Five Fantasies," (Polity, 2021), of which a preview video may be found on this page. (Just click the arrow!) A year ago, I published Anger: The Conflicted History of an Emotion," (Yale, 2020). I'm also the author of "Emotional Communities in the Early Middle Ages" (Cornell, 2006); "Generations of Feeling: A History of Emotions, 600-1700" (CUP, 2015), translated into Italian as "Generazioni di sentimenti. Una storia delle emozioni, 600-1700," trans. and ed. Riccardo Cristiani (Viella, 2016); (with Riccardo Cristiani), "What is the History of Emotions?" (Polity Press, 2018); and (with Elina Gertsman), "The Middle Ages in 50 Objects" (Cambridge, 2018). My textbooks include "A Short History of the Middle Ages," currently in its 5th ed. (U. of Toronto Press, 2018), and a NEW EDITION will be out soon adding to the book's global reach. A NEW SOURCE READER for "Short History" will be published at the same time: "A Short Medieval Reader." "Reading the Middle Ages: Sources from Europe, Byzantium, and the Islamic World," remains in its 3d ed. (U. of Toronto Press, 2018), but my book (with L. Hunt, T. R. Martin and B. G. Smith), "The Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures," has JUST NOW BEEN PUBLISHED in its 7th ed. (Bedford/St. Martin's).
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- Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2017Actually best history textbook I’ve ever had. Presented things clearly in terms that made sense and wasn’t boring even when it really could have been. ps not a huge history guy. coming from a guy just fulfilling one of his two required history courses for college.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2020Fast shipping. I read this text book in college. I enjoyed the material, years later I decided to purchase and re-read. Very good condition.
- Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2018Great information. I needed this book for a history class and it has been very enjoyable.
- Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2018Opened up my package to see that my book has been damaged before I even got to use it. A brand new book shouldn’t be delivered like this.
Opened up my package to see that my book has been damaged before I even got to use it. A brand new book shouldn’t be delivered like this.
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- Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2017Very informative book. Good condition. I have no complaints.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2019Overall it’s a good textbook for our course. It does jump back and forth a bit which is my only complaint but the Professor has tried to make sure we read it in order by bouncing back and forth in each chapter. It gets a little confusing when you’re doing open book quizzes but if you highlight it’s not so bad.
- Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2017Good book
- Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2017A+++