Forging the Modern World: A History 3rd Revised edition [Mīkstie vāki]

This textbook doesn't try to be a comprehensive history of everything that happened in the last 500+ years; instead it focuses on a single narrative encapsulated by the title, Forging the Modern World. The authors are also transparent about their process of historical reasoning, and I use that transparency with my students to demystify historical thinking skills like honing arguments and using sources as evidence. It's a great book, the best for this particular class by far. I've designed my entire course-which I've now taught five times face to face and twice online-around this textbook." - Eric Limbach, Ohio State University Forging the Modern World's major strength is its accessibility for students. The narrative is concise and readable yet still does a wonderful job of including major scholarship and relevant interpretation. I know my students are reading this book-for the first time in years, students are making comments or asking questions in class that refer to material in the text. This allows for classroom discussions and opportunities for me to expand on topics that students would have glazed over in previous texts. * Suzanne Shoaf Smith, Cape Fear Community College *