Traditions Encounters A Global Perspective On The Past Jerry bentley. jerry h. bentley was professor of history at the university of hawai‘i and editor of the journal of world history. his research on the religious, moral, and political writings of renaissance humanists led to the publication of humanists and holy writ: new testament scholarship in the renaissance (princeton, 1983) and politics and culture in renaissance naples (princeton, 1987). The fifth edition of traditions & encounters is a result of this. traditions & encounters also has a rich history of firsts: the first world history text to take a truly global perspective on the past; the first to emphasise connections among cultures; the first to combine twin themes with a seven part framework, making the huge story of world.
Traditions Encounters A Global Perspective On The Past Jerry H Yet traditions & encounters differs from other works in two particularly important ways. first, it relies on a pair of prominent themes to bring a global perspective to the study of world history: it traces the historical development of individual societies in all world regions, and it also focuses attention systematically on interactions. Traditions & encounters offers an inclusive vision of the global past―one that is meaningful and appropriate for the interdependent world of contemporary times. given the diversity of human societies, gathering and organizing the sheer mass of information in a meaningful way is a daunting challenge for any world history survey course. Lii, 924, [51] pages : 29 cm traditions & encounters: ap edition has a rich history of firsts: the first world history text to take a truly global perspective on the past; the first to emphasize connections among cultures; the first to combine twin themes with a seven part framework, making the huge story of world history more manageable to both teach and learn. Traditions & encounters : a global perspective on the past by bentley, jerry h., 1949 publication date 2006 topics world history, intercultural communication history.