World History Resource Library
The World History Center works to acquire textbooks on world history from publishers.
These textbooks range from survey style textbooks to textbooks devoted to a particular
issue/country within a global context. The intended collection of textbooks is meant to be
a resource for instructors at the middle school, high school, and college levels. It is the
intent of the World History Center to encourage research and teaching of world history
by providing instructors with curriculum materials. Currently, the Center has collected
over two hundred items from publishers including texts and supplementary resources,
such as workbooks, lesson guides, and electronic resources.
The World History Resource Library can be found at 3900 Posvar Hall at the University
of Pittsburgh. To gain access to the library or for general inquiries, please call Ms. Katie
Jones at 412-624-3073 or e-mail at joneskh@pitt.edu.
Below is the list of acquired texts as of December 2010.
College Texts
Aberth, John. The First Horseman: Disease in Human History. Pearson, 2007.
Bentley, Jerry, Herbert Ziegler, and Heather Streets-Salter. Traditions & Encounters: A
Brief Global History 2nd Edition. McGraw Hill Publishers, 2010.
Brummett, Palmira, Robert Edgar, Neil Hackett, George Jewsbury and Barbara Molony.
Civilizations: Past & Present. Person Publishers, 2006.
Bulliet, Richard, Pamela Crossley, Daniel Headrick, Steven Hirsch, Lyman Johnson, and
Brand, Connie and Angela Feres. Early World History: An Interactive Text. National
Social Science Press, 2010.
Clay, Catherine, Chandrika Paul and Christine Senecal. Envisioning Women in World
History: Prehistory-1500, Vol. I. McGraw Hill, 2009.
Craig, Albert. The Heritage of Chinese Civilization. Prentice Hall Publishers, 2011.
Craig, Albert, William Graham, Donald Kagan, Steven Ozment and Frank Turner. The
Heritage of World Civilizations Volume 1 to 1700. Prentice Hall, 2009.
______.The Heritage of World Civilizations Volume 2 since 1500. Prentice
Hall, 2009.
Crossley, Pamela Kyle, Lynn Hollen Lees and John Servos. Global Society: The World
Since 1900 2nd Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008.
Daniels, Patricia and Stephen Hyslop. Almanac of World History. National Geographic,
2006.
Duiker, William and Jackson Spielvogel. The Essential World History 6th Edition.
Wadsworth, 2011.
Ebrey, Patricia, Anne Walthall and James Palais. East Asia: A Cultural, Social, and
Political History 2nd Edition. Wadsworth, 2009.
Evtuhov, Catherine and Richard Stites. A History of Russia since 1800. Houghton
Mifflin Company, 2004.
Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe. The World: A History. Prentice Hall, 2009.
Getz, Trevor and Heather Streets-Salter. Modern Imperialism and Colonialism: A Global
Perspective. Pearson, 2011.
Gilbert, Erik and Jonathan Reynolds. Africa in World History: From Prehistory to the
Present 2nd Edition. Pearson, 2008.
Gilbert, Erik and Jonathan Reynolds. Trading Tastes: Commodity and Cultural
Exchange to 1750. Pearson, 2006.
Guha, Ramachandra. Environmentalism: A Global History. Pearson, 2000.
Jenks, Andrew. Perils of Progress: Environmental Disasters in the Twentieth Century.
Pearson, 2011.
Judge, Edward and John Langon. Connections: A World History. Pearson, 2009.
Keen, Benjamin and Keith Haynes. A History of Latin America 8th Edition. Wadsworth,
2009.
McKay, John, Bennet Hill, John Buckler, Patricia Buckley Ebrey, Roger Beck, Clare
Haru Crowston and Merry Wiesner-Hanks. A History of World Societies 8th
Edition. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2009.
McVay, Pamela. Envisioning Women in World History: 1500-Present, Vol. II. McGraw
Hill, 2009.
McNeill, J.R. and William McNeill. The Human Web: A Bird’s-Eye View of World
History. W.W. Norton & Co, 2003.
Morillo, Stephen, Jeremy Black and Paul Lococo. War in World History: Society,
Technology, and War from Ancient Times to the Present, Vol. ! to 1500. McGraw
Hill, 2009.
. War in World History: Society,
Technology, and War from Ancient Times to the Present, Vol. !! since 1500.
McGraw Hill, 2009.
Nagle, Brendan D. The Ancient World: A Social and Cultural History 7th Edition.
Pearson, 2010.
Northrup, David. The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History 5th Edition. Wadsworth,
2011.
Noss, David. A History of the World’s Religions 12th Edition. Prentice Hall
Publishers, 2008.
Tauger, Mark and Angela Feres. Modern World History: An Interactive Text. National
Social Science Press, 2010.
Tignor, Robert, Jeremy Adelman, Stephen Aron, Stephen Kotkin, Suzanne Marchand,
Gyan Prakash, and Michael Tsin. Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: A History of
the World from the Mongol Empire to the Present Volume I. W.W. Norton, 2008.
_______. Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: A History of the World from the
Beginnings of Humankind to the Present Volume II. W.W. Norton, 2008.
Schirokauer, Conrad, Miranda Brown, David Lurie, and Suzanne Gay. A Brief History of
Chinese and Japanese Civilizations 3rd Edition. Wadsworth, 2006
Spodek, Howard. The World’s History Volume 1: Prehistory to 1500. Pearson, 2010
_______. The World’s History Volume 2: Since 1300. Pearson, 2010.
Stearns, Peter, Michael Adas, Stuart Schwartz, and Marc Jason Gilbert. World
Civilizations: The Global Experience Volume 2: 1450 to the Present. Pearson,
2011.
Stearns, Peter. World History in Brief: Major Patterns of Change and Continuity.
Pearson, 2010.
Strayer, Robert. Ways of the World: A Brief Global History Volume 2: Since 1500.
Bedford/St. Martin’s 2009.
College Readers
Anderson, Robin L. Sources in the History of Medicine: The Impact of Disease and
Trauma. Pearson, 2007.
Dougherty, Mary. The Bedford Glossary for World History. Bedford/St. Martin’s 2010.
Gainty, Denis, and Debra Michals. Sources of World Societies Volume II: Since 1500.
Bedford/St. Martin’s 2009.
Hunt, Michael H. The World Transformed: 1945 to the Present. Bedford St. Martin’s,
2004.
Khater, Akram Fouad. Sources in the History of the Modern Middle East: 2nd
Edition. Wadsworth, 2011,
Kishlansky, Mark A. Sources of World History Volume I: 4th Edition. Wadsworth,
2007.
Morris, Lawrence and David Matz. Daily Life through World History in Primary
Documents: The Ancient World Vol. I. Greenwood Press, 2009.
Morris, Lawrence. Daily Life through World History in Primary Documents: The Middle
Ages and Renaissance, Vol. II. Greenwood Press, 2009.
Morris, Lawrence, David Borgmeyer and Rebecca Ayako Bennette. Daily Life through
World History in Primary Documents, Vol. III. Greenwood Press, 2009.
Northrup, David. The Atlantic Slave Trade (Problems in World History). Houghton
Mifflin Company, 2002.
Reilly, Kevin. Worlds of History Volume One: to 1550. Bedford/St. Martin’s 2010.
Sherman, Dennis, A. Tom Grunfeld, Gerald Markowitz, David Rosner, and Linda
Heywood. World Civilizations: Sources, Images, and Interpretations Volume I:
4th Edition. McGraw Hill, 2006.
. World Civilizations: Sources, Images, and Interpretations Volume II: 4th
Edition. McGraw Hill, 2006.
Slaughter, Jane, Melissa Bokovoy, Patricia Risso, Ping Yao, and Patricia Romero.
Sharing the World Stage: Biography and Gender in World History. Houghton
Mifflin Company, 2008.
Ward, Walter and Carol White. Sources of World Societies Volume 1 to 1715.
Bedford/St. Martin’s 2009.
Teaching Resources
Andrea, Alfred and James Overfield. The Human Record: Sources of Global History.
Houghton Mifflin Company, 2009.
Dunn, Ross. The New World History: A Teacher’s Companion. Bedford/St. Martin’s
2000.
Hudnall, Amy, Neva Specht, and Jonathan Lee. Worlds Together, Worlds Apart.
Instructor’s Manual. W.W. Norton, 2008.
Lehner, Kristen, Kelly Schrum and T. Mills Kelly. World History Matters: A Student
Guide to World History Online. Bedford St. Martin’s, 2009.
Secondary Texts
Beck, Roger, Linda Black, Larry Krieger, Phillip Naylor, and Dahia Ibo Shabaka. Ancient
World History: Patterns of Interaction. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.
________. Modern World History: Patterns of Interaction. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
2012.
________. World History: Patterns of Interaction. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.
Boehm, Richard. World Geography and Cultures. McGraw Hill, 2008.
Fellmann, Jerome, Mark Bjelland, Arthur Getis, and Judith Getis. Human Geography:
Landscapes of Human Activities. McGraw Hill, 2008.
Hansen, Valerie and Kenneth Curtis. Voyages in World History. Wadsworth, 2010.
_______.Voyages in World History Volume 1 to 1600.Wadsworth, 2010.
Lockard, Craig. Societies, Networks, and Transitions: A Global History. Wadsworth,
2011.
Ramirez, Susan Elizabeth, Peter Stearns, and Sam Wineburg. World History: Human
Legacy. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 2008.
Spielvogel, Jackson. World History. McGraw Hill, 2010.
Middle School Texts
Downey, Matthew. Contemporary’s World History. McGraw Hill, 2006.
Spielvogel, Jackson. World History: Modern Times. McGraw Hill, 2010.
Spielvogel, Jackson and National Geographic. Journey Across Time: The Early Ages.
McGraw Hill, 2008.
Spielvogel, Jackson and National Geographic. Journey Across Time: World History.
McGraw Hill, 2008.