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Western civilization. : Volume II primary source reader
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Western civilization. : Volume II primary source reader

Author: Megan McLean
Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, 2004.
Edition/Format: Audiobook on CD : History : English
Summary:
The primary source documents compiled in this volume are intended to accompany and supplement the narrative treatment of themes that most Western civilization textbooks provide. these sources were chosen give voice to individuals who observed first hand the birth and evolution of Western civilization. The observations recorded in these documents bring to life the social, cultural, economic, and political trends that  Read more...
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Material Type: Audio book, etc.
Document Type: Sound Recording
All Authors / Contributors: Megan McLean
OCLC Number: 54411761
Notes: Originally published: Boston : McGraw Hill, c2003.
Description: Sound disc : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.
Contents: The Princess of Cleves / Madame de Lafayette, Second Treatise of Government / John Locke -- The Persian Letters / Baron de Montesquieu -- Anti-Maachiavel / Frederick the Great -- A Vindication of the Rights of Woman / Mary Wollstonecraft, "On the Action to be Taken Against Louis XVI (December 3, 1792) / Robespierre -- An Essay on the Principle of Population / Malthus, The Wealth of Nations / Adam Smith -- The Communist Manifesto / Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Felix Holt / George Eliot -- Memoirs / Garibaldi -- Beyond Good and Evil / Friedrich Nietzsche, "Confession of Faith" / Cecil Rhodes -- The Origin of Species / Charles Darwin, Mary Barton / Elizabeth Gaskell -- Ten Days that Shook the World / John Reed, All Quiet on the Western Front / Erich Maria Remarque -- Selected Poems / Anna Akhmatova, Perish teh Jew / Adolph Hitler -- The Truman Doctrine / Harry S. Truman, The Wretched of the Earth / Frantz Fanon -- "Report to the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 25 February 1986" / Mikhail Gorbachev.
Other Titles: Volume 2
Responsibility: [edited by] Megan McLean.

Abstract:

The primary source documents compiled in this volume are intended to accompany and supplement the narrative treatment of themes that most Western civilization textbooks provide. these sources were chosen give voice to individuals who observed first hand the birth and evolution of Western civilization. The observations recorded in these documents bring to life the social, cultural, economic, and political trends that have shaped the course of Western civilization by giving students insight into how diverse individuals participated in and reacted to these transformations. -Introd.

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