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WORLD HISTORY / GENERAL

FORTHCOMING How They Lived A Day in a

African Kingdoms An Annotated Tour of Daily Working Life
Life through History in 300 Trades and Professions
An Encyclopedia of Primary Sources
Empires and Civilizations through History
2 VOLUMES | JAMES CIMENT 3 VOLUMES | GARY WESTFAHL
SAHEED ADERINTO, EDITOR

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This history-rich volume details the “ This reference work should “ Westfahl has collected
sociopolitical, economic, and artistic be of special interest to faculty a tremendous amount of
aspects of African kingdoms from the preparing and teaching general information about trades
earliest times to the second half of the survey courses in history and professions throughout
19th century. and related fields of study. human history, and this set is
Recommended. recommended for most public
FEATURES ” and academic libraries.
• Provides relevant perspective on —Choice, July 1, 2016 ”
globalization in the pre-modern era, Ideal for history majors, nonhistory —Booklist, October 15, 2015
documenting how humans across
time and places have shared various majors taking history courses, as well Ideal for high school and college
components of custom ranging from as general readers, this book provides students studying history through the
food, language, and music to religion not only the primary documents and everyday lives of men and women, this
and spirituality artifacts of ordinary people in history, book offers intriguing information about
• Supports Common Core standards but also annotations that help the the jobs that people have held, from
• Includes primary documents for reader put them into context and grasp ancient times to the 21st century.
enhancing critical thinking and their deeper meaning.
research skills FEATURES FEATURES
• Features cross references and • Examines all of world history from • Provides detailed, interesting essays
suggestions for further reading the prehistoric era to the present day, describing more than 300 professions
and occupations across a broad range
• Highlights key facts and interesting in every region of the world, with a of eras, including the 21st century,
trivia through illuminating sidebars special emphasis on non-Western and from around the world, which will
cultures give readers a wider understanding
SAHEED ADERINTO, PhD, is of how people have supported
associate professor of history at themselves throughout time
Western Carolina University. JAMES CIMENT, PhD, is an
independent scholar and an editor
of reference works in history and the GARY WESTFAHL is adjunct professor
social sciences. at the University of La Verne in La
Verne, California.
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