{"product_id":"patterns-of-world-history-peter-von-sivers-9780199399789","title":"Patterns of World History: Combined Volume with Sources","description":"Encouraging a broad-based understanding of continuity, change, and innovation in human history, \u003cem\u003e Patterns of World History\u003c\/em\u003e presents the global past in a comprehensive, even-handed, and open-ended fashion \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003ePatterns of World History\u003c\/em\u003e offers a distinct framework for understanding the global past through the study of origins, interactions, and adaptations. Authors Peter von Sivers, Charles A. Desnoyers, and George Stow--each specialists in their respective fields--examine the full range of human ingenuity over time and space in a comprehensive, even-handed, and critical fashion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book helps students to see and understand patterns through: \u003cstrong\u003eORIGINS - INTERACTIONS - ADAPTATIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese key features show the \u003cstrong\u003eO-I-A framework\u003c\/strong\u003e in action: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* \u003cstrong\u003eSeeing Patterns\u003c\/strong\u003e, a list of key questions at the beginning of each chapter, focuses students on the 3-5 over-arching patterns, which are revisited, considered, and synthesized at the end of the chapter in \u003cstrong\u003eThinking Through Patterns\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* Each chapter includes a \u003cstrong\u003ePatterns Up Close\u003c\/strong\u003e case study that brings into sharp relief the O-I-A pattern using a specific idea or thing that has developed in human history (and helped, in turn, develop human history), like the innovation of the Chinese writing system or religious syncretism in India. Each case study clearly shows how an innovation originated either in one geographical center or independently in several different centers. It demonstrates how, as people in the centers interacted with their neighbors, the neighbors adapted to--and in many cases were transformed by--the idea, object, or event. Adaptations include the entire spectrum of human responses, ranging from outright rejection to creative borrowing and, at times, forced acceptance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Von Sivers, Charles A. Desnoyers, George B. Stow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199399786\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199399789\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 1384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 7.50w x 1.90d","brand":"Peter Von Sivers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44191038865663,"sku":"9780199399789","price":209.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9c461f05-ed07-4063-a260-047a7af7b52d.jpg?v=1690873657","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/patterns-of-world-history-peter-von-sivers-9780199399789","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}