Cengage authors dedicate themselves to producing high-quality content material, whereas additionally prioritizing a practical studying expertise for college kids, equipping them with background data and instruments essential to research the necessary subjects coated of their programs. We’re comfortable to introduce you to the authors of two first version titles, and one upcoming fifth version title, throughout the Main Issues Anthology sequence, which familiarizes college students with necessary subjects in U.S historical past, world historical past and western civilization.
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Jackson J. Spielvogel and Kathryn Spielvogel ― authors of Main Issues in Western Civilization, Quantity I and Quantity II, 1e 2025
“Main Issues in Western Civilization,” 1e contains quite a lot of supporting supplies and historic prose, guiding a rigorously curated set of main and secondary supply alternatives. This textual content preps instructors and college students to allow them to have interaction main sources on the highest stage.
Jackson J. Spielvogel is Affiliate Professor Emeritus of Historical past at The Pennsylvania State College. He obtained his Ph.D. from The Ohio State College, the place he specialised in Reformation historical past. His work has been supported by fellowships from the Fulbright Basis and the Basis for Reformation Analysis. He’s the creator of “Western Civilization,” now in its twelfth version, in addition to co-author (with William Duiker) of “World Historical past,” now in its 10th version. Professor Spielvogel has received 5 main university-wide instructing awards.
Kathryn Spielvogel earned a B.A. in historical past, and M.A. in artwork historical past from The Pennsylvania State College. She continued her graduate research in historical past on the College at Buffalo, SUNY, earlier than working as a analysis editor on historical past textbooks for the previous fifteen years. Enthusiastic about historic preservation and financial growth, Kathryn volunteers for a number of non-profit organizations whereas renovating historic houses and industrial buildings all through Pennsylvania.
Learn Kathryn Spielvogel’s weblog article about this primary version title: “Why the Research of Western Civilization Nonetheless Issues”
William J. Duiker, creator of Main Issues in World Historical past, Quantity I and Quantity II, 1e 2025
“Main Issues in World Historical past,” 1e is a complete supply for paperwork and secondary essays coping with a broad sweep of world historical past. Every chapter begins with a brief introductory essay offering historic context for that interval of historical past.
William J. Duiker is Liberal Arts Professor Emeritus of East Asian research at The Pennsylvania State College. He earned a Ph.D. in East Asian historical past at Georgetown College in 1968. A former overseas service officer with assignments in Taiwan and South Vietnam, he’s the creator of a number of books on East Asia. He’s additionally co-author with colleague Jackson Spielvogel of “World Historical past,” 10e. He has traveled extensively and was awarded a College Scholar Medal for Excellent Achievement in 1996.
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Elizabeth Cobbs, Edward J. Blum and Vanessa Walker ― authors of Main Issues in American Historical past, Quantity I and Quantity II, 5e 2025
“Main Issues in American Historical past” contains each main sources and analytical essays on necessary U.S historical past subjects, with an total purpose in direction of serving to college students refine their essential considering expertise.
Elizabeth Cobbs is a Professor and Dwight E. Stanford Chair in American Overseas Relations at San Diego State College and has received literary prizes for each historical past and fiction, together with the Allan Nevins Prize and Stuart Bernath Ebook Prize. She earned her Ph.D. in American historical past at Stanford College. She has served on the jury for the Pulitzer Prize in Historical past and on the Historic Advisory Committee of the U.S. State Division. She has obtained awards and fellowships from the Fulbright Fee and different distinguished establishments. Her essays have been revealed within the New York Instances, Jerusalem Put up and Los Angeles Instances, amongst others. Her present mission is a historical past of ladies troopers in World Battle I.
Edward J. Blum is a Professor of Historical past at San Diego State College. He obtained his B.A. from the College of Michigan and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the College of Kentucky. He’s the creator and co-author of a number of books on United States historical past and the winner of quite a few awards, together with the Peter Seaborg Award for Civil Battle Scholarship and the Gustave O. Arlt Award within the Humanities.
Learn Professor Blum’s weblog article about this fifth version: “The Significance of Dialogue in American Historical past”
Vanessa Walker is the Gordon Levin Affiliate Professor of Diplomatic Historical past at Amherst School, the place she teaches lessons on U.S. politics, overseas relations and human rights. She obtained her B.A. from Whitman School and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the College of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the recipient of fellowships from the Miller Heart for Public Affairs on the College of Virginia, the George Mosse Program on the Hebrew College of Jerusalem and the Stanton Basis Utilized Historical past Program.
Learn: “Q&A With Vanessa Walker, Co-Creator of Main Issues in American Historical past”
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