Over 25% new documents in each volume offer new perspectives, topics, and broader geographical coverage. New primary source documents range from depictions of gender in classical societies, to a U.S. telegram about a 1976 military coup in Argentina, and Facebook posts from the Arab Spring. New secondary source selections include Schlomo Sand’s thought-provoking argument about the origins of the Jewish people and Heonik Kwon's theory regarding the origins of the civil war.
New chapters in each volume feature topics sure to engage students. Volume One includes a new chapters on empire and government: China and Rome, and trade, travel, and migrations in Eurasia, Africa, and the Pacific; Volume Two includes a new chapter on new democracy movements from 1977 to the present.
New Thinking Historically exercises in each volume help students build skills. New topics include "Making Comparisons" and "Sifting Factors" in Volume One and "Appreciating Context" and "Detecting Ideological Language" in Volume Two. These and the other Thinking Historically exercises focus on developing a specific analytical skill appropriate for the documents and themes in each chapter.
A new "Introduction for Students" gives students step-by-step instructions for document analysis. This brief introduction explains how to approach primary and secondary sources and guides students through the process of analyzing both written and visual sources.
Maps and images are now available for presentation. Instructors have access to downloadable files of images from the book, including maps and illustrations, some in full color. Along with the revised Editor’s Notes compiled by Kevin Reilly, these are available at bedfordstmartins.com/reilly/catalog.