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Title: World History: Patterns of Interaction ISBN: 0-395-87274-X Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: May, 1999 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $85.20 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.14 (7 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: The Wrong Answer
Comment: I understand that World History is a very broad survey course, and can't be expected to go in depth on all subjects, but this book is a complete joke. It follows the standard of other middle/high school textbooks, giving minimal information and offering an "Analyzing" question or two at the end. I don't understand; the answer can be DIRECTLY QUOTED from the text and usually reads something like "We know there was no warfare because no weapons have been found." Everyone knows standards for students have been falling drastically, but this is just a slap in the face. Yes, it is boring in some places, but it's boring in the same way that a second-grade-level summary of Shakespeare is boring. It's not hard at all to make history a very interesting, intriguing topic, but the effort has to come from the student immersing themselves in actual documents, OLD high school/college textbooks, and books with differing views. Going to school, it's obvious that very few people care enough to do so. I always felt, though, that the school's job was to inspire people and if that didn't work, push people to greater intellectual heights, but I was wrong.
Rating: 1
Summary: Don't buy.
Comment: If you're reading this, you're probably either a very odd little child who wants to do some extra reading or you're a teacher or homeschooling parent.. so I'll speak to the latter two.
This book is terrible. I was shocked to find that the object of many hours of study for my IB World History class was this middle school-level book. It's filled with more pictures and phony biographical sketches than information and (heaven forbid) intelligent analysis.
Not only is it monotonous and dull, it's superficial. One thing I found is the end of the Viking terror in Europe is justified in this book by two reasons alone: the acceptance of Christianity and an increase in agricultural projects due to warmer climate. This answer is vague and misleading. Although the climate did increase, it did not lead the Vikings simply to lounge around and farm. What happened was they moved to Iceland and Greenland, where the land was suddenly more inhabitable. What is also intentially misleading here is the part about accepting a new religion. The point was that there was a distinct change in philosophy - dying for their pagan god was once considered a great honor, but without him there was little point - not a change in moral values as the wording suggests. As my book quotes, "the Vikings were awesome."
Sure, this is only a considerably minor fault for such a large book, but there are too many similar examples. This book is a poor choice. Unfortunately, most textbooks do fall behind in their purpose. I would suggest finding a better book but not sticking soley to it, as textbooks tend to have their faults. Resources such as the History channel and historical articles are effective and much more interesting. Guns Germs and Steel is also a great choice. Please use them to your advantage and save another unfortunate child the torture of reading this.
Rating: 5
Summary: A great book with detail and no run arounds
Comment: this book should be it when it comes to college lectures and so forth. the amount of money that is spent by college teens, etc is really exaggerated .professors wanting so many books and in fact many of these books do not have any photos. i have used this book and the readings are simple, it is "the get to the point thing" .there is no mystery here as compared to the professor who acts like if he or she is the only one who knows history or thinks he or she knows the emperors of the past. you would be surprised that the simple readings help one understand that history is simple but barriers by teachers and professors is all there is to it. simple reading, colorful photos, worth it.
the other guys are just lazy if they dont want to read.
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Title: Vocabulary Workshop: Level E ISBN: 0821576100 Publisher: William H Sadlier Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $8.84 |
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Title: Jesus of Nazareth: The Mystery Revealed by Loretta Pastva ISBN: 0026558211 Publisher: Glencoe/MacMillan McGraw Hill Pub. Date: January, 1992 List Price(USD): $22.40 |
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Title: Problem Solving for Kirkpatrick/Francis' Physics: A World View by Brooks Cole Publishing Company, Brooks Cole ISBN: 0534408257 Publisher: Brooks Cole Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Modern Biology by Towle, Holt Rinehart & Winston ISBN: 0030177448 Publisher: Holt Rinehart & Winston Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $82.05 |
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Title: Geography: The World and Its People by Armstrong, Boehm, Hunkins, McGraw-Hill ISBN: 0028232917 Publisher: Glencoe/MacMillan McGraw Hill Pub. Date: 01 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $80.64 |
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