Bonnie G. Smith

Kris E. Lane

Marc Van de Mieroop

Richard Von Glahn

Designed to complement World in the Making: A Global History, this two-volume sourcebook gathers together the voices of both notable figures and everyday individuals. Compiled by the Bonnie Smith, Marc Van Der Mieroop, Richard von Glahn, and Kris Lane, Sources for World in the Making reflects the geographic breadth and key social, cultural, and political developments covered in each chapter of the parent text. Every chapter includes an introduction and approximately six sources representing both major works ands fresh perspectives. A "Contrasting Views" feature presents sources with divergent perspectives to foster comparative analysis.

Sources for World in the Making: Since 1300

"A World in the Making is a kind of anthropological journey taken by four historians that assumes all societies are "hot," and all people make history and always have. We argue in our emphasis on lives and livelihoods for a world constructed, altered, renovated, remade by ordinary people even as we acknowledge the genius of individual innovators, disruptors who broke the mold or struck out in some new direction."--Provided by publisher.

A Global History

World in the Making

Society and Enterprise in Old Babylonian Ur

Kris Lane

"There are many ways to tell a story. Textbooks offer narratives, crafted by an historian or a team of historians. Collections of primary sources present a mosaic of stories, often interspersed with pictures of artwork and other physical objects drawn from the past. Mapping the World takes advantage of the strength of maps to tell a different sort of story. The maps are divided into two groups: a) Reference maps that provide a brief outline of key events and developments in global history; b) blank outline maps and accompanying exercises that offer opportunities to explore the past in a hands-on fashion."--Provided by publisher.

Marc Van de Mieroop

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