Ways of the World: A Brief Global History, Combined Volume

A book that helps students see the big picture Ways of the World has quickly become one of the most widely adopted new world history textbooks and offers a genuine alternative for your world history survey. Designed as a brief text Ways of the World focuses on the big picture of significant historical trends themes and developments. Author Robert W. Strayer a pioneer in the world history movement with years of classroom experience provides a thoughtful and insightful synthesis. The brief narrative allows you to supplement with your own readings and course materials and provides an affordable option for your students. The second edition rolls out Bedford/St. Martins new digital history tools including LearningCurve an adaptive quizzing engine that garners over a 90% student satisfaction rate and LaunchPad the all new interactive e-book and course space that puts high quality easy-to-use assessment at your fingertips. Easy to integrate into your campus LMS and featuring video additional primary sources a wealth of adaptive and summative quizzing and more LaunchPad cements student understanding of the text while helping them make progress toward learning outcomes. Its the best content joined up with the best technology. Available in combined and split volumes and in a variety of electronic formats. Also available in a docutext edition with sources.