"Broschiertes BuchThe second edition of this best-selling textbook is thoroughly updated to include expanded coverage of the late eighteenth century and the Enlightenment, and incorporates recent advances in gender history, global connections and cultural analysis. It features summaries, timelines, maps, illustrations and discussion questions to support the student. Enhanced online content and sections on sources and methodology give stu ..."
"The second edition of this best-selling textbook is thoroughly updated to include expanded coverage of the late eighteenth century and the Enlightenment, and incorporates recent advances in gender history, global connections and cultural analysis. It features summaries, timelines, maps, illustrations and discussion questions to support the student. Enhanced online content and sections on sources and methodology give students the tools t ..."
Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe(1st Edition) (Problems in European Civilization (DC Heath)) by MerryE. Wiesner Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2006 by Cengage Learning International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-618-47480-6, ISBN: 0-618-47480-3
"New to the Problems in European Civilization series, this volume offers secondary-source essays organized around the major controversies and interpretations of the history of witchcraft. In four parts, the text examines the major areas of recent scholarship: intellectual foundations and demonology (Part I); the political, social, and economic contexts of early modern Europe (Part II); accusations, trials, and panics (Part III); and gend ..."
"What is Early Modern History? offers a concise guide to investigations of the era from the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries and an entry-point to larger questions about how we divide and organize the past and how the discipline of history ..."
"Covering European history from the invention of the printing press to the French Revolution, this accessible and engaging textbook offers an innovative account of people's lives, from a variety of backgrounds, in the early modern period and within the global context of European developments. Six central topics - individuals in society, politics and power, cultural and intellectual life, religion, economics and technology - are explored ..."
"A History of World Societies introduces students to the global past through social history and the stories and voices of the people who lived it. Now published by Bedford/St. Martin's, and informed by the latest scholarship, the book has been thoroughly revised with students in mind to meet the needs of the evolving course. Proven to work in the classroom, the book’s regional and comparative approach helps students understand the conn ..."
"This successful world history reader in the popular DISCOVERING series contains a six-part pedagogical framework that guides readers through the process of historical inquiry and explanation. Each chapter is organized within the same pedagogical framework: The Problem, Background, The Method, The Evidence, Questions to Consider, and Epilogue. The text emphasizes historical study as interpretation rather than memorization of data. The Fo ..."
"This successful world history version of the popular Discovering series contains a multi-part pedagogical framework that guides students through the process of historical inquiry and explanation. The text emphasizes historical study as interpretation rather than memorization of data. The Third Edition integrates new documents and revised coverage throughout, while the comparative chapters contribute to a more thorough and balanced exami ..."
"Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks ... Letters of a Peruvian Woman (1747) 412 27 Madame Guyon on prayer 439 28 Methodist hymns 446 29 The ethical will of Rabbi Naphtali Ha-Kohen Katz 465 30 Comments on the draining of the English fens 483 31 ..."
Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe(4th Edition) (New Approaches to European History) by MerryE. Wiesner Hardcover, 390 Pages, Published 2019 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-108-49699-5, ISBN: 1-108-49699-7
"This fourth edition of Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks's prize-winning survey features significant changes to every chapter, designed to reflect the newest scholarship. Global issues have been threaded throughout the book, while still preserving the clear thematic structure of previous editions. Thus readers will find expanded discussions of gendered racial hierarchies, migration, missionaries, and consumer goods. In addition, there is enhanced ..."
2(6th Edition) Discovering the Western Past: A Look at the Evidence, Volume II: Since 1500 by William Bruce Wheeler, Julius Ralph Ruff, MerryE. Wiesner Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2007 by Wadsworth Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-618-76611-6, ISBN: 0-618-76611-1
"This successful Western history version of the popular Discovering series provides a broad range of both visual and written sources. The unique pedagogical framework includes The Problem, Sources and Method, The Evidence, Questions to Consider, and Epilogue and Evaluation sections in each chapter. This structure promotes critical thinking, sharpens analytical skills, and builds student interest in the subject matter. The text emphasizes ..."
2(5th Edition) Discovering the Western Past: A Look at the Evidence, Volume II: Since 1500 by Julius Ralph Ruff, William Bruce Wheeler, MerryE. Wiesner Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 2003 by Cengage Learning ISBN-13: 978-0-618-31293-1, ISBN: 0-618-31293-5
"This supplemental text, designed for use in any Western civilization course, explores historical material using the "discovery approach," which presents students with a series of historical problems—and the evidence they can use to analyze and solve these problems. Each chapter follows a six-step system that allows students to follow a scholarly historical investigation from beginning to end."
Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe(2nd Edition) (New Approaches to European History) by MerryE. Wiesner Paperback, 342 Pages, Published 2000 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-77822-0, ISBN: 0-521-77822-0
"This is a major new edition of the most stimulating and authoritative textbook on early modern women currently available. Merry Wiesner has updated and expanded her prize-winning study; she summarises the very latest scholarship in her chapters and bibliographies, adding new sections on topics such as sexuality, masculinity, the impact of colonialism, and women's role as consumers. Other themes investigated include the female life-cycle ..."
"No, indeed we hadn't. We should read it. This preface explains that the book is
symbolic, a parable. History is speeded up to happen over the course of days
rather than a couple of decades or a generation. In real life things don't come
about so quickly, but the principle remains the same. The Third World invasion of
the West is unavoidable. If we don't see it, our children will. How did people react
when the book first came out? M ..."
Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe(1st Edition) (New Approaches to European History) by MerryE. Wiesner Paperback, 276 Pages, Published 1993 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-38613-5, ISBN: 0-521-38613-6
"This is a major new textbook, designed for students in all disciplines seeking an introduction to the very latest research on all aspects of women's lives in Europe from 1500 to 1750, and on the development of the notions of masculinity and femininity. The coverage is geographically broad, ranging from Spain to Scandinavia, and from Russia to Ireland, and the topics investigated include the female life-cycle, literacy, women's economic ..."
"This supplemental text, designed for use in any Western civilization course, explores historical material using the "discovery approach," which presents students with a series of historical problems—and the evidence they can use to analyze and solve these problems. Each chapter follows a six-step system that allows students to follow a scholarly historical investigation from beginning to end."
Gender in History(3rd Edition) Global Perspectives (Paperback) by MerryE. WiesnerâHanks Paperback, 312 Pages, Published 2021 by Wiley-Blackwell ISBN-13: 978-1-119-71920-5, ISBN: 1-119-71920-8
"and Gender in Islamic Law (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2008); Sara L. Kimble and Marion Röwekamp, eds., New Perspectives of European Women's Legal History (London: Routledge, 2016); Xiaoping Cong, Marriage, Law and Gender ..."