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Crossroad and Cultures’ innovative approach to world history privileges the experiences of human actors, relying on them as a prism through which to understand cross-cultural interactions and their consequences in specific, human terms.”
— Anthony J. Steinhoff, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
“The problem with world history is that it can be so general and so free of people. Combining the specificity of the local with the global is the aim of my course, and the approach of
Crossroads and Cultures would help me to do so more effectively.”
— Dana Rabin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
“I have not seen such an original, ambitious, and well-thought-out text. Students will greatly appreciate the holistic approach to world history that integrates major themes and historical processes. And with excellent primary sources (including many images), Lives and Livelihoods, the thought-provoking Counterpoint sections, and section and chapter review questions, instructors have excellent pedagogical tools with which to engage students.”
— Robert Bond, San Diego Mesa College
“Crossroads and Cultures is an extremely strong textbook, written by noted scholars with expertise in world history who have incorporated the latest scholarship on particular topics in an interesting, intellectually sophisticated narrative.”
— Nancy Fitch, California State University, Fullerton
“This book represents the maturation of the world history textbook. It is comprehensive in coverage and goes a long way to demonstrate both the comparative nature of history as well as the connections between societies.”
— Kathy Callahan, University of Wisconsin-Stout