Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Trim: 8½ x 11
978-1-4422-5194-6 • Paperback • April 2016 • $40.00 • (£31.00)
978-1-4422-5195-3 • eBook • April 2016 • $38.00 • (£29.00)
David Hertzel is professor of history at Southwestern Oklahoma State University.
List of Projects
Introduction
Chapter 1: What is History?
Chapter 2: The Grand Narrative: Universals in History
Chapter 3: Contrasting Concepts in Religious Traditions
Chapter 4: Confucianism and Humanism
Chapter 5: Humanism Comes to Define the “Western” Identity, 1500–1900
Chapter 6: The Individual and the Institution in History
Chapter 7: Modernization
Chapter 8: Globalization
Chapter 9: Conclusion: The Silk Road
Appendix of Primary Resources
1. Socrates: A Socratic Dialogue between Meno and Socrates, Recorded by Plato, 380 B.C.E.
2. An Anglo-Saxon Blessing for the Fields (Late Ancient Europe)
3. Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948)
4. Oklahoma Allopathic Medical and Surgical Licensure and Supervision Act (Enacted and Revised from 1994–2013)
5. The Sermon on the Mount (circa, 28 C.E.)
6. Life among the Zulu: Three Texts (1870)
7. Rudyard Kipling, “The White Man’s Burden” (1897)
8. Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (Approved by the National Assembly of France, August 26, 1789)
9. An American Scientist in Early Meiji Japan (1868–1912)
10. The Kingdom of God is Within You (1894) Leo Tolstoy
11. Confucius (circa 551–479 B.C.E.)
12. Bill Clinton on Globalization (2004)
13. We are not Monkeys, We are Human Beings (June, 2002)
14. Documents on the Expulsion of the Germans from Eastern-Central Europe (1945–1950)
15. Documents of Humanity (1945–1950)
16. Pilgrims on Fu-Ji (1879)
17. Industrial Manchester, 1844 and the Conditions of Women Working in the English Mines (1842)
18. Report of the National Intelligence Council’s 2020 Project
19. Two Articles on the Discoveries at Blombos Cave (2002)
20. Hymn to the Nile, A Prayer from Ancient Egypt (Middle Egypt, or New Kingdom, Date Uncertain)
21. Code of Hammurabi (Selected Laws) (circa 1780 B.C.E.)
22. The Mahabharata (before 1000 B.C.E.)
23. From the Hymns of Homer (circa700 B.C.E.)
Glossary
About the Author
In this effective and clear introduction to the work of a historian, David Hertzel explains how to identify and analyze primary sources to render critical interpretations of the past. The workbook guides students through the process of interpretation while simultaneously raising their awareness of the complexity of context. Now updated to maintain relevance for students, this new edition is an invaluable addition to the history classroom.
— Senya Lubisich, Citrus College
David Hertzel addresses World History with common sense and intelligence. Instead of another large, unruly text, The World History Workbook offers us a manageable approach to the subject featuring critical historiographical topics, straightforward comments on methodology, an impressive set of primary sources, and a selection of relevant exercises that bring students face to face with the study of history.
— John Hayden, Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Often, students don't fully comprehend the complex process of how historical knowledge is constructed. David Hertzel's provocative workbook provides thoughtful exercises that allow students opportunities to gain deeper understandings of how historians make interpretations and draw conclusions about the past. In addition, he draws examples from a wide variety of periods and locations to help students glean a better understanding of what it means to be human.
— M. Todd Black, Department of Defense Dependent Schools-Europe
As one who teaches at a small regional public university, I can attest to the difficulty of getting students to take reading assignments seriously. The World History Workbook will be welcomed by all who face the same challenge. Rather than the typical one-thing-after-another text, this book gives students a real taste of the thoughts, hopes, and passions of the past—and it gets students to engage with the thinkers, the dreamers, and the passionate such that their understanding of their own world will never be the same.
— Todd F. Carney, Southern Oregon University
Hertzel’s workbook offers an innovative approach to learning about world history. He does not present us with an exhaustive narrative, but instead offers a wealth of information and learning frameworks along with selective narratives on a variety of world history topics. It will be a valuable tool for faculty who want to teach by using a book filled with practical exercises that places students at the center of the learning process.
— David M. Kalivas, Middlesex Community College; editor of H-World at H-Net
-Introduces the idea of history and historical methods-Written in an accessible narrative style that students find readable, rigorous, and relevant
-Provides primary materials both in the text and as an appendix and guides students in interpreting sources-Includes a glossary of over one hundred terms-Ideal for Socratic and discussion-based formats-Projects encourage students to think critically and bring their own worlds into historical perspective-Project readings and questions raise important historical issues such asdefinitions of freedommodern associations with racecritical thinking and humanismconflict and compatibility of science and religiongender relations and perceptionsjustice and law in comparative contextsthe idea of equalitythe problems associated with globalizationthe constructive and destructive aspects of industrialism, capitalism, and AnationalismNew features-Interactive video series created by the author avaliable here : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUHF7NKvPWAHMz9ugsIErig
-Combines narrative, projects, and primary sources into a single volume
-Organized chronologically -Integrates dozens of primary source excerpts into the narrative