World History Courses

The Course of Mexican History

Eleventh Edition

Susan M. Deeds, Michael C. Meyer, and William L. Sherman

9780190659011
Paperback
November 2017

The leading textbook in its field, The Course of Mexican History is indispensable for students of Mexican history, politics, economics, and culture

Bantu Africa: 3500 BCE to Present

Catherine Cymone Fourshey, Rhonda M. Gonzales, and Christine Saidi

9780199342457
Paperback
October 2017

African World Histories

The African World Histories series enriches the study of African history by providing an indigenous, problems-based perspective on the past

Emiliano Zapata: Mexico's Social Revolutionary

Paul Hart

9780190688080
Paperback
September 2017

Offers an incisive examination of one of the great social revolutionaries of the twentieth century

Perpetua's Journey: Faith, Gender, and Power in the Roman Empire

Jennifer A. Rea and Liz Clarke

9780190238711
Paperback
July 2017

Graphic History Series

A graphic history set in Roman Africa in 203 CE that examines issues of power, gender, and religion in the ancient world through the story of the Christian martyr Perpetua

Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History

Fourth Edition

Sarah B. Pomeroy, Stanley M. Burstein, Walter Donlan...

9780190686918
Paperback
July 2017

The most balanced coverage available of ancient Greek political, social, cultural, and economic history

Modern Empires: A Reader

Bonnie G. Smith

9780199375929
Paperback
June 2017

A reader that examines the history of modern empires across the globe from the late fifteenth century to the present

Exploitation, Inequality, and Resistance: A History of Latin America since Columbus

Mark Burkholder, Monica Rankin, and Lyman L. Johnson

9780199837618
Paperback
June 2017

Tells the story of more than 500 years of Latin American history through the themes of exploitation, inequality, and resistance

Everyman in Vietnam: A Soldier's Journey into the Quagmire

Michael Adas and Joseph J. Gilch

9780190455873
Paperback
June 2017

Provides a gripping and multi-dimensional way to understand the nature and enduring significance of the Vietnam conflict based on an exceptional collection of letters written by an American soldier during his tour of duty

Global Latin(o) Americanos: Transoceanic Diasporas and Regional Migrations

Mark Overmyer-Velázquez and Enrique Sepúlveda III

9780199389698
Paperback
April 2017

Reorients and decenters traditional ethnic and area studies approaches to Latin America by examining the recent history of Latin America from a diasporic perspective

The Revolutionary Atlantic: Republican Visions, 1760-1830: A Documentary History

Rafe Blaufarb

9780199897964
Paperback
March 2017

The first book to bring together primary sources on the four major revolutions that comprised the Age of Atlantic Revolutions

Russia's Empires

Valerie A. Kivelson and Ronald Grigor Suny

9780199924394
Paperback
October 2016

Two leading historians examine the history of Russia through the prism of empire

The Soviet Union and Russia, 1939-2015: A History in Documents

Karen Petrone and Kenneth Slepyan

9780195338034
Paperback
October 2016

A documentary history that explores the history of the Soviet Union from the eve of World War II through its collapse and the years of transition from socialism to capitalism

Democracy in Latin America

Third Edition

Peter Smith and Cameron Sells

9780190611347
Paperback
July 2016

Provides a widespread view of political transformation throughout the entire region

Debating Truth: The Barcelona Disputation of 1263, A Graphic History

Nina Caputo and Liz Clarke

9780190226367
Paperback
July 2016

Graphic History Series

A graphic history that uses a theological disputation to explore interfaith relations, the complicated dynamics between Christians and Jews in medieval Spain, and the nature of truth

The Silk Road: A New History with Documents

Valerie Hansen

9780190208929
Paperback
June 2016

The most up-to-date history of the Silk Road, now with primary sources and coverage to 1400 CE

The Peoples of the British Isles: A New History. From Prehistoric Times to 1688

Samantha A Meigs and Stanford E. Lehmberg

9780190656690
Paperback
June 2016

A New History of Britain since 1688: Four Nations and an Empire

Susan Kingsley Kent

9780199846504
Paperback
February 2016

A brilliant new synthesis of British history since 1688

To Kill A People: Genocide in the Twentieth Century

John Cox

9780190236472
Paperback
February 2016

Offers a succinct and comparative introduction to the history of genocide in the twentieth century

Patterns of Modern Chinese History

Charles A. Desnoyers

9780199946457
Paperback
February 2016

A concise and interpretive survey of modern Chinese history by an accomplished world historian