Western Civilizations

The bestselling Western Civ text helps students read and think critically.

Coauthors Joshua Cole and Carol Symes make millennia of European history accessible and relevant to students today through their well-balanced narrative approach that interweaves social, political, and cultural history and places the West in a global context.

Cole and Syme’s years of classroom experience are on full display with their robust, scaffolded suite of highly teachable primary source offerings. These sources ...