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World History: Patterns of Interaction | 
 enlarge | Author: Roger B. Beck
Publisher: McDougal Littell
Category: Book
List Price: $101.32
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 28456
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1105
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6.7
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.7 x 1.9
ISBN: 0618690085
Dewey Decimal Number: 900
EAN: 9780618690084
ASIN: 0618690085
Publication Date: February 28, 2007
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 Exactly what we were expecting September 21, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
We bought a new book, at 30% less cost than what the book store was selling it for. Well worth waiting 10 days or so to get it.
World History: Patterns of Interactions July 27, 2005
0 out of 7 found this review helpful
Book received in excellent condition and in timely manner. I would recommend using this site to other parents buying textbooks.
 Average World History Book June 18, 2004
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
World History Patterns of Interaction is a fairly good book for the basics, but the authors do not do the best at linking everything together. The pictures complements the text nicely. But the book is not geographically split into chapters it is chronological (A bit frustrating for me). The book concentrates on the details that are not of great value. There are better world history books in the market.
 Don't buy. January 29, 2004
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
If you're reading this, you're probably either a very odd little child who wants to do some extra reading or you're a teacher or homeschooling parent.. so I'll speak to the latter two.
This book is terrible. I was shocked to find that the object of many hours of study for my IB World History class was this middle school-level book. It's filled with more pictures and phony biographical sketches than information and (heaven forbid) intelligent analysis.
Not only is it monotonous and dull, it's superficial. One thing I found is the end of the Viking terror in Europe is justified in this book by two reasons alone: the acceptance of Christianity and an increase in agricultural projects due to warmer climate. This answer is vague and misleading. Although the climate did increase, it did not lead the Vikings simply to lounge around and farm. What happened was they moved to Iceland and Greenland, where the land was suddenly more inhabitable. What is also intentially misleading here is the part about accepting a new religion. The point was that there was a distinct change in philosophy - dying for their pagan god was once considered a great honor, but without him there was little point - not a change in moral values as the wording suggests. As my book quotes, "the Vikings were awesome."
Sure, this is only a considerably minor fault for such a large book, but there are too many similar examples. This book is a poor choice. Unfortunately, most textbooks do fall behind in their purpose. I would suggest finding a better book but not sticking soley to it, as textbooks tend to have their faults. Resources such as the History channel and historical articles are effective and much more interesting. Guns Germs and Steel is also a great choice. Please use them to your advantage and save another unfortunate child the torture of reading this.
A great book with detail and no run arounds October 30, 2001
5 out of 10 found this review helpful
this book should be it when it comes to college lectures and so forth. the amount of money that is spent by college teens, etc is really exaggerated .professors wanting so many books and in fact many of these books do not have any photos. i have used this book and the readings are simple, it is "the get to the point thing" .there is no mystery here as compared to the professor who acts like if he or she is the only one who knows history or thinks he or she knows the emperors of the past. you would be surprised that the simple readings help one understand that history is simple but barriers by teachers and professors is all there is to it. simple reading, colorful photos, worth it.
the other guys are just lazy if they dont want to read.
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