McGraw Hill

PREFACE This book provides a broad introduction to the sources historians use, the kinds of interpretations historians make, and the evolution of Western civilization over the past six thousand years. A large selection of documents, photographs, and maps is presented along with introductions,...

As I look out the window, the form of Mount Norwottock, an ancient volcanic mountain, rises above the landscape. I can see a farmer in the valley below Norwottock methodically plowing his fields, as, closer to home, a mother walks her child to school. A crew of carpenters is building a new house on...