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The Bedford Bookshelf for World, European, and Western Civilization History Courses (1-Term Online)

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    Established in 1981, Bedford/St. Martin’s is the largest college publisher of textbooks for English composition courses. They publish best-selling textbooks like A Writer’s Reference, The St. Martin’s Guide to College Writing, and Patterns for College Writing.

Table of Contents

Textbooks and text companion readers

Strayer, Ways of the World, Through the Fifteenth Century, 5e, V1

Strayer, Ways of the World, Since the Fifteenth Century, 5e, V2

Strayer, Thinking Through Sources for Ways of the World, Through the Fifteenth Century, 4e, V1

Strayer, Thinking Through Sources for Ways of the World, Since the Fifteenth Century 4e, V2

Wiesner-Hanks, A History of World Societies, To 1600, Concise Edition, 12e, V1

Wiesner-Hanks, A History of World Societies, Since 1450, Concise Edition, 12e, V2

Wiesner-Hanks, Sources of World Societies, to 1600, 12e, V1

Wiesner-Hanks, Sources of World Societies, Since 1450, 12e, V2

Wiesner-Hanks, A History of Western Society, From Antiquity to the Enlightenment, Concise Edition, 14e, V1

Wiesner-Hanks, A History of Western Society, From the Age of Exploration to the Present, Concise Edition, 14e, V2

Wiesner-Hanks, Sources for Western Society, From Antiquity to the Enlightenment, 13e, V1

Wiesner-Hanks, Sources for Western Society, From the Age of Exploration to the Present, 13e, V2

Hunt, The Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures, 7e, V1

Hunt, The Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures, 7e, V2

Lualdi, Sources of The Making of the West, 6e, V1

Lualdi, Sources of The Making of the West, 6e, V2


Bedford Series in History and Culture (primary sources readers)

Aberth, John, The Black Death, The Great Mortality of 1348-1350, 2e

Ali, Omar, Islam in the Indian Ocean World

Baylor, Michael G., The German Reformation and the Peasants War

Bell, Rudolph M., Street Life in Renaissance Rome

Blaufarb, Rafe, Napoleon: A Symbol for an Age

Diefendorf, Barbara B., The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre

Dubois, Laurent and John D. Garrigus, Slave Revolution in the Caribbean, 1789-1804, 2e

Gordon, David M., Apartheid in South Africa

Grant, Kevin, The Congo Free State and the New Imperialism

Grayzel, Susan R., The First World War, 2e

Herbert, Sandra, Charles Darwin and the Question of Evolution

Hunt, Lynn, The French Revolution and Human Rights, 2e

Hunt, Margaret R. and Philip J. Stern, The English East India Company at the Height of the Mughal Expansion: A Soldier's Diary of the 1689 Siege of Bombay

Jacob, Margaret C., The Scientific Revolution, 2e

Jacob, Margaret C., The Enlightenment, 2e

Kent, Susan K., The Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919

Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim (Ronald Schechter), Nathan the Wise

Liu, Xinru, The Silk Roads

Machiavelli, Niccolo (William J. Connell), The Prince, 2e

Marrus, Michael R., The Nuremberg War Crimes Trial, 1945-1946, 2e

Martin, Thomas R., Herodotus and Sima Qian: The First Great Historians of Greece and China

Marx, Karl, and Frederick Engels (John E. Toews), The Communist Manifesto, 2e

Medick, Hans and Benjamin Marschke, Experiencing the Thirty Years War

Mellor, Ronald, Augustus and the Creation of the Roman Empire

Mill, John Stuart (Alan Kahan), On Liberty

Moeller, Robert G., The Nazi State and German Society

Paine, Thomas (Thomas P. Slaughter), Common Sense and Related Writings

Peabody, Sue & Keila Grinberg, Slavery, Freedom, and the Law in the Atlantic World

Pincus, Steven C. A., England's Glorious Revolution, 1688-1689

Rosseau, Jean Jacques (Helena Rosenblatt), Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality among Men

Rubenstein, Jay, The First Crusade

Schwartz, Stuart B. & Tatiana Seijas, Victors and Vanquished: Spanish and Nahua Views of the Fall of the Mexica Empire, 2e

Shaw, Brent D., Spartacus and the Slave Wars, 2e

Shepard, Todd, Voices of Decolonization

Stone, Marla, The Fascist Revolution in Italy

Voltaire (Daniel Gordon), Candide, 2e

Walthall, Anne and M. William Steele, Politics and Society in Japan's Meiji Restoration

Wasserman, Mark, The Mexican Revolution


Bedford Document Collections (primary sources modules)

Gerber, Lydia, Ban Zhao's Lessons for Women: Gender Norms in Early Imperial China

Head, David, Pirates and Empire in the Seventeenth Century Atlantic World

Karras, Alex L., Citizen Smugglers: The Connection Between Contraband Trade and State Building in the Eighteenth Century

Levi, Scott, The Silk Road: Travel and Trade in Pre-Modern Inner Asia

Nelson, Eric W., Absolutism in Practice: Louis IVX, Versailles, and the Art of Personal Kingship

Prang, Sebastian R., Premodern Trade: Doing Business in the Land of Pepper

Rutz, Michael, The Soweto Uprising of 1976: A Turning Point in Apartheid-Era South Africa

Strayer, Robert W., Living Through Perestroika: The Soviet Upheaval, 1985-1991

Streets-Salter, Heather, The Singapore Mutiny of 1915: Understanding World War I in Global Perspective

Wiesner-Hanks, Merry E., The Spread of Christianity in the Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries

Willoughby, Urmi Engineer, Slavery in the Atlantic World of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries


Course readers

Reilly, Kevin. Worlds of History: A Comparative Reader, To 1550, 7e (Volume 1)

Reilly, Kevin. Worlds of History: A Comparative Reader, Since 1400, 7e (Volume 2)


Bedford Tutorials


World History examples

Working with Non-Text Sources (World history)

Preparing and Presenting an Oral Presentation (World history)

Getting the Most Out of Your Textbook (World history)

Preparing for Class Discussion (World history)

Using Historical Evidence Effectively (World history)

Working with Digital Databases and Sources (World history)

Planning and Preparing a Short Writing Assignment (World history)

Planning and Preparing a Long Essay in History (World history)

Working with Primary Sources (World history)

Learning to Read and Think Like a Historian (World history)

Avoiding Plagiarism and Managing Sources (World history)

Taking Effective Notes (World history)


Western Civilization examples

Working with Non-Text Sources (Western Civilization)

Preparing and Presenting an Oral Presentation (Western Civilization)

Getting the Most Out of Your Textbook (Western Civilization)

Preparing for Class Discussion (Western Civilization)

Using Historical Evidence Effectively (Western Civilization)

Working with Digital Databases and Sources (Western Civilization)

Planning and Preparing a Short Writing Assignment (Western Civilization)

Planning and Preparing a Long Essay in History (Western Civilization)

Working with Primary Sources (Western Civilization)

Learning to Read and Think Like a Historian (Western Civilization)

Avoiding Plagiarism and Managing Sources (Western Civilization)

Taking Effective Notes (Western Civilization)


Research and Writing Guides

Benjamin, A Student's Guide to History, 14e

Rampolla, A Pocket Guide to Writing in History, 10e

Product Updates

Authors

  • Headshot of Bedford/St.Martin's

    Bedford/St.Martin's

    Established in 1981, Bedford/St. Martin’s is the largest college publisher of textbooks for English composition courses. They publish best-selling textbooks like A Writer’s Reference, The St. Martin’s Guide to College Writing, and Patterns for College Writing.

Table of Contents

Textbooks and text companion readers

Strayer, Ways of the World, Through the Fifteenth Century, 5e, V1

Strayer, Ways of the World, Since the Fifteenth Century, 5e, V2

Strayer, Thinking Through Sources for Ways of the World, Through the Fifteenth Century, 4e, V1

Strayer, Thinking Through Sources for Ways of the World, Since the Fifteenth Century 4e, V2

Wiesner-Hanks, A History of World Societies, To 1600, Concise Edition, 12e, V1

Wiesner-Hanks, A History of World Societies, Since 1450, Concise Edition, 12e, V2

Wiesner-Hanks, Sources of World Societies, to 1600, 12e, V1

Wiesner-Hanks, Sources of World Societies, Since 1450, 12e, V2

Wiesner-Hanks, A History of Western Society, From Antiquity to the Enlightenment, Concise Edition, 14e, V1

Wiesner-Hanks, A History of Western Society, From the Age of Exploration to the Present, Concise Edition, 14e, V2

Wiesner-Hanks, Sources for Western Society, From Antiquity to the Enlightenment, 13e, V1

Wiesner-Hanks, Sources for Western Society, From the Age of Exploration to the Present, 13e, V2

Hunt, The Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures, 7e, V1

Hunt, The Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures, 7e, V2

Lualdi, Sources of The Making of the West, 6e, V1

Lualdi, Sources of The Making of the West, 6e, V2


Bedford Series in History and Culture (primary sources readers)

Aberth, John, The Black Death, The Great Mortality of 1348-1350, 2e

Ali, Omar, Islam in the Indian Ocean World

Baylor, Michael G., The German Reformation and the Peasants War

Bell, Rudolph M., Street Life in Renaissance Rome

Blaufarb, Rafe, Napoleon: A Symbol for an Age

Diefendorf, Barbara B., The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre

Dubois, Laurent and John D. Garrigus, Slave Revolution in the Caribbean, 1789-1804, 2e

Gordon, David M., Apartheid in South Africa

Grant, Kevin, The Congo Free State and the New Imperialism

Grayzel, Susan R., The First World War, 2e

Herbert, Sandra, Charles Darwin and the Question of Evolution

Hunt, Lynn, The French Revolution and Human Rights, 2e

Hunt, Margaret R. and Philip J. Stern, The English East India Company at the Height of the Mughal Expansion: A Soldier's Diary of the 1689 Siege of Bombay

Jacob, Margaret C., The Scientific Revolution, 2e

Jacob, Margaret C., The Enlightenment, 2e

Kent, Susan K., The Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919

Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim (Ronald Schechter), Nathan the Wise

Liu, Xinru, The Silk Roads

Machiavelli, Niccolo (William J. Connell), The Prince, 2e

Marrus, Michael R., The Nuremberg War Crimes Trial, 1945-1946, 2e

Martin, Thomas R., Herodotus and Sima Qian: The First Great Historians of Greece and China

Marx, Karl, and Frederick Engels (John E. Toews), The Communist Manifesto, 2e

Medick, Hans and Benjamin Marschke, Experiencing the Thirty Years War

Mellor, Ronald, Augustus and the Creation of the Roman Empire

Mill, John Stuart (Alan Kahan), On Liberty

Moeller, Robert G., The Nazi State and German Society

Paine, Thomas (Thomas P. Slaughter), Common Sense and Related Writings

Peabody, Sue & Keila Grinberg, Slavery, Freedom, and the Law in the Atlantic World

Pincus, Steven C. A., England's Glorious Revolution, 1688-1689

Rosseau, Jean Jacques (Helena Rosenblatt), Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality among Men

Rubenstein, Jay, The First Crusade

Schwartz, Stuart B. & Tatiana Seijas, Victors and Vanquished: Spanish and Nahua Views of the Fall of the Mexica Empire, 2e

Shaw, Brent D., Spartacus and the Slave Wars, 2e

Shepard, Todd, Voices of Decolonization

Stone, Marla, The Fascist Revolution in Italy

Voltaire (Daniel Gordon), Candide, 2e

Walthall, Anne and M. William Steele, Politics and Society in Japan's Meiji Restoration

Wasserman, Mark, The Mexican Revolution


Bedford Document Collections (primary sources modules)

Gerber, Lydia, Ban Zhao's Lessons for Women: Gender Norms in Early Imperial China

Head, David, Pirates and Empire in the Seventeenth Century Atlantic World

Karras, Alex L., Citizen Smugglers: The Connection Between Contraband Trade and State Building in the Eighteenth Century

Levi, Scott, The Silk Road: Travel and Trade in Pre-Modern Inner Asia

Nelson, Eric W., Absolutism in Practice: Louis IVX, Versailles, and the Art of Personal Kingship

Prang, Sebastian R., Premodern Trade: Doing Business in the Land of Pepper

Rutz, Michael, The Soweto Uprising of 1976: A Turning Point in Apartheid-Era South Africa

Strayer, Robert W., Living Through Perestroika: The Soviet Upheaval, 1985-1991

Streets-Salter, Heather, The Singapore Mutiny of 1915: Understanding World War I in Global Perspective

Wiesner-Hanks, Merry E., The Spread of Christianity in the Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries

Willoughby, Urmi Engineer, Slavery in the Atlantic World of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries


Course readers

Reilly, Kevin. Worlds of History: A Comparative Reader, To 1550, 7e (Volume 1)

Reilly, Kevin. Worlds of History: A Comparative Reader, Since 1400, 7e (Volume 2)


Bedford Tutorials


World History examples

Working with Non-Text Sources (World history)

Preparing and Presenting an Oral Presentation (World history)

Getting the Most Out of Your Textbook (World history)

Preparing for Class Discussion (World history)

Using Historical Evidence Effectively (World history)

Working with Digital Databases and Sources (World history)

Planning and Preparing a Short Writing Assignment (World history)

Planning and Preparing a Long Essay in History (World history)

Working with Primary Sources (World history)

Learning to Read and Think Like a Historian (World history)

Avoiding Plagiarism and Managing Sources (World history)

Taking Effective Notes (World history)


Western Civilization examples

Working with Non-Text Sources (Western Civilization)

Preparing and Presenting an Oral Presentation (Western Civilization)

Getting the Most Out of Your Textbook (Western Civilization)

Preparing for Class Discussion (Western Civilization)

Using Historical Evidence Effectively (Western Civilization)

Working with Digital Databases and Sources (Western Civilization)

Planning and Preparing a Short Writing Assignment (Western Civilization)

Planning and Preparing a Long Essay in History (Western Civilization)

Working with Primary Sources (Western Civilization)

Learning to Read and Think Like a Historian (Western Civilization)

Avoiding Plagiarism and Managing Sources (Western Civilization)

Taking Effective Notes (Western Civilization)


Research and Writing Guides

Benjamin, A Student's Guide to History, 14e

Rampolla, A Pocket Guide to Writing in History, 10e

Product Updates

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