Jerry Bentley, University of Hawaii-Manoa
Herbert Ziegler, University of Hawaii-Manoa

Over a million students at thousands of schools have learned about world history with the best selling book for the course, Traditions and Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past. Using the twin themes of traditions and encounters, the text emphasizes both the distinctive patterns of historical development within individual societies and the profound results of interactions between different societies.

Exploring the historical record of cross-cultural interactions and exchanges, Traditions and Encounters places the world of contemporary globalization in historical context. The book helps students understand the world's major societies and shows how the interactions of these societies affect history throughout the world.

The authors tell a coherent and digestible story of the past that is not weighed down by excessive detail, so instructors are able to incorporate additional readings. This edition provides an updated map program as well as the latest scholarship. It also moves Primary Source Investigator online, improving access for students to work with primary sources.

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Revised Map Program. The text's outstanding map program has been further enhanced to show greater clarity, detail, and topographical information. Newly added captions with critical thinking questions for each map enrich student's understanding of the relationship between geography and history and complement the text more clearly.

Streamlined pedagogy. Includes limited pedagogy in order to maintain the continuity of the narrative. Content formerly found in the Contexts and Connections essays has been integrated into the narrative. Chronologies, Sources From the Past boxes, marginal notes highlighting key terms, events and concepts, a new pronunciation guide, For Further Reading, and an end-of-book glossary all help enhance student learning.

Primary Source Investigator now online. This database is now online with free access to all students. PSI offers hundreds of primary sources such as interactive maps, charts, photos, primary source docs, audio files, and video files with contextual information on each source, and thought-provoking questions that show students how historians look at sources. PSI also has a program that walks students through how to write a paper using sources as evidence. It is also easy to use in the classroom to support lecture and discussion.

Thoroughly updated to reflect the latest scholarship. Scores of minor changes, corrections, and added descriptions help to clarify and improve the historical coverage and accuracy, many reflecting recent scholarship.

Updated Online Learning Center. This book specific web site features additional instructor and student resources. It is available as a course cartridge to be used with most course management systems.