{"product_id":"twelve-roman-thresholds-instructor-edition-j-a-gucci-9781972788080","title":"Twelve Roman Thresholds (Instructor Edition): A Structural History of Rome in Twelve Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFull Description (Ingram - Instructor Edition)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwelve Roman Thresholds (Instructor Edition)\u003c\/em\u003e is a classroom-ready text that presents Roman history through structured, system-based poetry. Designed for secondary and early higher education, this edition reframes Rome not as a sequence of events, but as a dynamic system operating under increasing pressure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach of the twelve poems models a natural process-geological fracture, hydrological flow, biological parasitism, or astronomical collapse-providing instructors with a concrete framework for guiding students through patterns of accumulation, instability, and transformation. Using the method of Absolute Composition, the book shifts focus away from interpretation and toward structural observation, training students to identify how systems build, strain, and cross critical thresholds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Instructor Edition expands the core text with direct pedagogical support, including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003estructural breakdowns of each poem\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esystem correspondences across domains (matter, mind, being)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003etargeted discussion prompts and analytical questions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eframeworks for identifying thresholds, limits, and irreversible change\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese tools enable instructors to facilitate interdisciplinary learning across history, literature, and systems thinking, while encouraging active student participation. Rather than receiving meaning, students engage the text as analysts-locating pressure points, tracing instability, and recognizing the moment a system can no longer sustain itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin the larger \u003cem\u003eTwelve\u003c\/em\u003e series, this volume represents Rome as a civilization defined by expansion pushed beyond its limits. It functions as both a literary work and an instructional framework, equipping students to understand how complex systems evolve-and what happens when they break.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. A. Gucci\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1972788086\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781972788080\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pressure System Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.16d","brand":"J. A. Gucci","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48588477956351,"sku":"9781972788080","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/twelve-roman-thresholds-instructor-edition-j-a-gucci-9781972788080","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}