The Humanistic Tradition Volume 1: Prehistory to the Early Modern World
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The Humanistic Tradition Volume 1: Prehistory to the Early Modern World

Price
$28.79
Format
Paperback
Pages
544
Publisher
McGraw Hill
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-1259360664
Dimensions
8.5 x 1 x 11.25 inches
Weight
3.14 pounds

Description

About the Author Gloria Konig Fiero was born and raised in New York City. She earned her Masters degree in Art History at the University of California, Berkeley, and her Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Humanities at the Florida State University. She has taught Humanities, World History, and Art History for more than twenty-five years. She has written and lectured extensively on medieval and renaissance topics and on the arts of both East and West as they reflect the human condition. She currently divides her time between New Orleans, Louisiana, and New York City.

Features & Highlights

  • Understanding that a global humanities course is taught in varying ways, Gloria Fiero redefines the discipline for greater flexibility with the 7th Edition of
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  • , Fiero delivers a learning experience tailored to the needs of each institution, instructor, and student. With the ability to incorporate new extended readings, streaming music, and artwork,
  • The Humanistic Tradition
  • renews the understanding of the relationship between world cultures and humankind’s creative legacy. McGraw-Hill Connect Humanities is the only integrated learning system that empowers students by continuously adapting to deliver precisely what they need, when they need it, so that your class time is more engaging and effective. It provides tools that make assessment easier, learning more engaging, and studying more efficient.**Available exclusively on McGraw-Hill Create®, the Traditions Collection contains western and non-western readings as well as ancient and contemporary offerings, hand selected from a number of different disciplines, such as literature, philosophy, and science. Find the readings here: www.mcgrawhillcreate.com/traditions

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Pretty good, for a textbook

I rented this book for my Humanities 201 class, and I thought that it was gonna be the exact same as most other textbooks: boringly written in boring style with boringly boring boredom printed everywhere. This one isn't like that! It's hard to make a textbook on history interesting but the author of this book sure gave it a shot and it turned out pretty well. Instead of just listing events it talks more about how cultures and civilizations influenced each other across the globe and through the years. It is much easier to learn about humanity when you're focussing on the bigger picture, not looking at the little pieces with scrutiny. There are excerpts from historical texts to add a sense of authenticity to the lessons, and the online resources are actually very helpful as well.

I know that if you're getting this for a college class you probably don't have a choice on what book to buy, but if you're assigned this one then it won't be bad at all!
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dissapointed

Poorly laid out, difficukt to read, no flow from one topic to next. Even for a text book this was just bad.
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Four Stars

Came out just as I need in good condition. Wish the price was cheaper
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Rent don't want buy

Should have rented this instead
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Pick another humanities book

This is a super dry book. It is unorganized and the flow is not easy to follow. I’m glad I didn’t buy it but rent it! Some books just need to be returned.
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Yes

This is really awesome because it is way cheaper than buying the actual textbook! You get it for the whole semester and if you take care of it, you only have to pay for rent! I definitely recommend for my college students!
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Item as described

Book was in tact. Just in time for classes.
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pages missing!

The first 200 pages are missing from the book - they have been torn out!
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Unable to return text rental

I have been trying to figure out how to return this text rental and keep getting error messages. Amazon has no way of contacting them for assistance and I am afraid I will be charged the full price of the text.
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Good info bad shape of the book

Granted I rented this but the book is falling apart. The book is in bad shape but it got the job done. It does contain a lot of information.