Western Civilization Heritage (9th Edition)

Author: Betty (USA), Johnson (USA), et al.
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: This is a classic collection of documents that offers profound insights and rich content in organizing Western civilization. The book selects works from Western thinkers and sages from ancient times to the 1990s, covering a wide range of genres such as legal codes, political essays, poetry, letters, and autobiographies. It vividly and authentically recreates the development trajectories of the Near East, Greece, and Rome—centers of the birth and prosperity of Western civilization—while gathering the gems from the river of Western civilization within limited pages. Each document is preceded by a concise and pertinent introductory essay on the work and its author, reflecting previous research findings and guiding readers to contemplate the originality and subtlety of different intellectual traditions.