World History Textbooks
Interpreting History in Sino-Japanese Relations
Sino-Japanese relations were beset by controversy in the 1980s when the Japanese Education Ministry tried to re-write school textbooks to downplay the atrocities committed by Japanese during World War II.
American Identities
"American Identities" is a dazzling array of primary documents and critical essays culled from American history, literature, memoir, and popular culture that explore major currents and trends in American history from World War II to the present.
Britain Since 1945
New and improved, this is the sixth edition of the book now seen as "the" standard textbook on contemporary British political history since the end of the Second World War.
Cognitive Science
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This landmark textbook introduces students to everything that the world?s great thinkers think about thought.
Writing Systems
This richly illustrated textbook introduces the major writing systems of the world - from cuneiform to English spelling - explaining their structural makeup and how they work.
The Arab-Israeli Conflict
The struggle between Arab and Jew over the same piece of land has been one of the world's most entrenched and bloody conflicts. This successful textbook sets out the basic arguments on each side, and traces their evolution.