{"product_id":"teaching-the-global-middle-ages-geraldine-heng-9781603295161","title":"Teaching the Global Middle Ages","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCultural interconnection informs this collection's view of the Middle Ages.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile globalization is a modern phenomenon, premodern people were also interconnected in early forms of globalism, sharing merchandise, technology, languages, and stories over long distances. Looking across civilizations, this volume takes a broad view of the Middle Ages in order to foster new habits of thinking and develop a multilayered, critical sense of the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe essays in this volume reach across disciplinary lines to bring insights from music, theater, religion, ecology, museums, and the history of disease into the literature classroom. The contributors provide guidance on texts such as the \u003ci\u003eThousand and One Nights\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSunjata\u003c\/i\u003e, Benjamin of Tudela's \u003ci\u003eBook of Travels\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eMalay Annals\u003c\/i\u003e and on topics such as hotels, maps, and camels. They propose syllabus recommendations, present numerous digital resources, and offer engaging class activities and discussion questions. Ultimately, they provide tools that will help students evaluate popular representations of the Middle Ages and engage with the dynamics of past, present, and future world relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Geraldine Heng\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 160329516X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781603295161\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Language Association of America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Geraldine Heng","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44073027502335,"sku":"9781603295161","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4f23cd47-66ec-4377-a131-1658277be9ff.jpg?v=1685445372","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/teaching-the-global-middle-ages-geraldine-heng-9781603295161","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}