Crossroads and Cultures, Volume B + Sources of Crossroads and Cultures, Volume II + Victors and Vanquished

Download or read book Crossroads and Cultures, Volume B + Sources of Crossroads and Cultures, Volume II + Victors and Vanquished written by Bonnie G. Smith and published by Bedford/st Martins. This book was released on 2012-03-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Crossroads and Cultures: A History of the World's Peoples" incorporates the best current cultural history into a fresh and original narrative that connects global patterns of development with life on the ground. As the title, "Crossroads," suggests, this new synthesis highlights the places and times where people exchanged goods and commodities, shared innovations and ideas, waged war and spread disease, and in doing so joined their lives to the broad sweep of global history. Students benefit from a strong pedagogical design, abundant maps and images, and special features that heighten the narrative's attention to the lives and voices of the world's peoples. Test drive a chapter today. Find out how.