The author of this book admits in the foreword that his sources are the general history books of the early-to-mid 20th century. He did not do research on his own and it shows, especially when he talks about early Latin American civilizations. At one point, he says that the civilizations died out because they were illiterate. What? Seriously, he did not even mention smallpox. Teachers, do not use this book for your classes. I recommend The Discoverers by Daniel J. Boorstin for a general history book about human knowledge and 1491 by Charles Mann for a history of the American continent before and right after colonization. Those books are less biased, more carefully researched, more entertaining, and generally better written.
I needed this book for a combination course of math, history, and philosophy and it gives really indepth information in regards to both history and philosophy. It has a lot of interesting facts but is very texty and gives some opinionated views as well.
I needed This text book for a college course. It was a really helpful text and was easy to understand. Great text book.
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