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The traditions of the Western World

by J. H. Hexter

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Originally published by Rand McNally in 1967 and now out-of-print, the first edition of The Traditions of the Western World, edited by J.H. Hexter with the assistance of John W. Snyder, Peter Riesenberg, Franklin L. Ford, and Klaus Epstein, provided teachers with a wide variety of historical documents to introduce the college reader to the traditions of the Western world. This shortened version of the text concentrates on Riesenberg's section. The Middle Ages, The Renaissance, and the show more Reformation, as well as a portion of Ford's, The Early Modern Period. show less

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Genres: History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality
DDC/MDS: 909.09 — History & geography History World history Other Geographic Classifications
LCC: CB245 .H43 — Auxiliary Sciences of History History of Civilization History of Civilization Civilization and race
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Published: 1980
Genres: History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality
DDC/MDS: 909.09
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