{"product_id":"exchanges-von-trevor-getz-trevor-r-getz-richard-j-hoffman-und-jarbel-rodriguez","title":"Exchanges","description":"\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003e\n                                        \n                    \u003cstrong\u003eFor undergraduate or graduate courses in World History\u003c\/strong\u003e\n                                    \n                \u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003e\n                                        \n                    \u003cstrong\u003e\n                                                This impressive collection of readings illustrates that the history of the world is as much about the relationships \n                        \n                        \u003cem\u003eamong \u003c\/em\u003e\n                                                societies as it is about transformations and continuities \n                        \n                        \u003cem\u003ewithin\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                                 societies.\n                    \n                    \u003c\/strong\u003e\n                                    \n                \u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003e\n                                        \n                    \u003cem\u003eExchanges: A Global History Reader \u003c\/em\u003e\n                                         is designed as an introduction to the \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003ediscipline\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                         of world history. Unlike other source collections, \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003eExchanges \u003c\/em\u003e\n                                        helps students look beyond strictly delineated regionalism and chronological structures to understand history as a product of ongoing debate. Structured around a series of interconnected themes and debates, and pairing both primary and secondary sources, \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003eExchanges \u003c\/em\u003e\n                                        challenges both students and teachers to rethink history.\n                \n                \u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003e\n                                         Praise for \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003eExchanges: A Global History Reader\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                    \n                \u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003eThe authors have successfully produced a text that will allow students to explore the ways in which historical writing has\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003egenerated important debates about world history.... It offers a rich and diverse compilation of reading materials that provide\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003estudents with ideas about world history, but also with models of historical writing.... Moreover, it offers examples from a wide\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003erange of geographical areas, something that will help broaden the horizons of the average student.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003e——Esperanza Brizuela-Garcia, Montclair State University\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003eThe method of placing competing narratives side by side is one of the best strategies for demonstrating the nature of history as\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003ean interpretation.... I am very excited about the possibilities that this text could provide for transforming my World Civilizations\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003ecourse. An attentive student will find his or her basic assumptions challenged on every page, and it is this kind of intellectual\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003etransformation that I seek to facilitate as a teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003e——Carolyn R. Dupont, Eastern Kentucky University\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003eI think this textbook goes a long way toward helping students to think more deeply and more historically about the state of the\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003eworld today.... The fact that the book is focused upon the five big questions of world history is a great plus. Too many world\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003ehistory readers have a diffuse focus and don’t really add up to a book that promotes sustained, focused inquiry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003e——Mark Jones, Central Connecticut State University\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003eI would describe the book as an introduction to being a world historian. Through a selection of thematic case studies,\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003estudents are able to compare theories, test historians’ interpretations against the primary evidence, and access the range\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003eof material that allows them to develop their own interpretations of the worlds they inhabit and inherit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003e——Lesley Mary Smith, George Mason University\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003eExchanges focuses more than any other reader on the interconnectedness of regions and the debates pertaining to the new\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003eworld history.... The authors successfully demonstrate that history is contested to this day. Not only is this a more accurate\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003eportrayal of historical scholarship than most readers provide, it is also more interesting for the students, who are more likely\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003eto appreciate history if they see it as contested, often for reasons closely connected with the state of the world today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003e——A. 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