Study Materials – by Paul Brians
Reading About the World, Vol. 2
Note: This document is presented here as a historical document. Paul Brians is retired and his courses are no longer offered by WSU.
Reading About the World, Volume 2, edited by Paul Brians, Mary Gallwey, Douglas Hughes, Azfar Hussain, Richard Law, Michael Myers Michael Neville, Roger Schlesinger, Alice Spitzer, and Susan Swan.
This anthology prints short selections sharply focussed on major topics of interest to beginning students of World Civilizations. It combines traditional historical sources with literary and philosophical selections.
By clicking on the hotlinks below you can access samples from Reading About the World, Volume 2. The third edition was published by Harcourt Brace Custom Publishing, 1999.
Additional selections not included in the printed version of the reader are marked with an asterisk (*).
Africa 1500-1750
*Selections marked are supplementary readings omitted from the 2nd edition of Reading About the World.
Reading About the World, Volume 1
Reading About the World is now out of print. You can search for used copies using the following information:Paul Brians, et al. Reading About the World, Vol. 1, 3rd edition, Harcourt Brace College Publishing: ISBN 0-15-567425-0 or Paul Brians, et al. Reading About the World, Vol. 2, 3rd edition, Harcourt Brace College Publishing: ISBN 0-15-512826-4.
For all other queries, write Paul Brians at paulbrians@gmail.