Designed to accompany
Cultures of the West: Volume 1: To 1750, Third Edition (2019), and
Cultures of the West: Volume 2: Since 1350, Third Edition (2019), by Clifford R. Backman, the third editions of
Sources for Cultures of the West, Volume 1: To 1750 and
Sources for Cultures of the West, Volume 2: Since 1350 feature approximately six written sources per chapter that highlight key themes in the study of Western civilization. Each of the 189 sources is accompanied by a headnote. Each volume begins with a special unit, "How to Read a Primary Source," that provides students with
important advice on how to work with textual documents in studying the past. The third edition includes twenty-one new sources.
"A collection of sources from 2000 BCE to present day in two volumes through the whole of Western civilization"--