Heritage of Western civilization. Volume I Ancient civilizations and the emergence of the West

Synopsis

Substantially revised, the Ninth Edition of Heritage of Western Civilization provides a rich and complex picture of Western history. New editors John Reisbord and Mita Choudhury have included fourteen new selections in the Ninth Edition, six of which are authored by women. In addition, revised introductions and new questions for consideration provide the New to the Ninth Edition Volume I: bull; Esarhaddon, "Second Inscription of Esarhaddon" bull; Xenophon, "The Charactr of Cyrus" bull; Aristotle, "The Care of Infancy" bull; Plutarch, "The Life of Crasus" bull; Hildegard, Letters bull; Usamah Ibn-Munqidh, "An Appreciation of the Frankish Character" bull; Laura Cereta, Letters bull; Alessandra Strozzi, Letters Volume II: bull; Malleus Malificarum bull; Olympe de Gouges, "Declaration of the Rights of Women" bull; Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor bull; Catherine Booth, "God of Education" bull; W.E.B. DuBois, The Souls of Black Folk bull; Gusta Dawidson-Draenger, Justina's Diary