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Culture and Values, Volume I: A Survey of the Humanities | 
 enlarge | Authors: Lawrence S. Cunningham, John J. Reich
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $127.95
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 219237
Media: Paperback
Edition: 6th
Pages: 528
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.7
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 0534582281
Dewey Decimal Number: 909.09821
EAN: 9780534582289
ASIN: 0534582281
Publication Date: June 1, 2005
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Trusted by professors of the humanities survey course for over twenty years, CULTURE AND VALUES covers Western cultures along with important non-Western cultures, providing students solid, accessible introductions to art, music, philosophy, literature, and more. Available in two volumes, or as an alternate single volume without end-of-chapter readings, this text remains the most readable and reliable textbook for college and university students in the integrated humanities.
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 great buy February 15, 2007
avid curiosity
book was in excellent condition, small, minor markings that werent really noticeable...came quickly...super affordable!
 Full of Errors and Bias April 30, 2005
Brian Charles Clark (The Palouse, Eastern Washington)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
As a Humanities teacher I was drafted to teach the Intro class at the last minute at my college. I "inherited" this text. It's a sorry excuse for a textbook. It's full of errors (even in the 5th edition!). Examples: "Egypptians have used hieroglyphics throughout their history." A) "heiroglyphics" is an adjective (the noun is heiroglyphs). And throughout history? Tell it to a modern Egyptian! B) "The Prophet Mohammad married Fatima." I can't begin to describe how offensive this is. Fatima was Mohammad's daughter. Fatima married Ali (they get that wrong, too). C) Throughout, pre-Christian religions are referred to as "pagan." Pagan is a Latin term meaning "redneck." One of the authors is a theologian and should know better: the preferred term among comparitive religionists is "polytheism." Moreover, the overall skew of the book is toward dates, rulers and battles; in other words, the book is better suited to a World Civ class--and a world civ class taught in the 19th century, at that!
Priceless Course Book March 7, 2005
Celia A. Escalante (Miami, Fl USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love this book. It's beautifully arranged by the ages. Each chapter has a chronological map on Events, Paintings, Architecture and Written Works of the timeline. The illustrations are breathtaking. You not only get Botticelli's Birth of Venus, Leonardo's Mona Lisa and Rembrandts' self portraits, but description, motivation, history and characteristics. I learned that I love Renaissance paintings the most and that Rafael painted images with a triangle arrangement. When we took an exam, I was able to differentiate Greek from Roman statues. I hope your edition comes with the musical CD. In class, we hear Wagner, Beethoven and Bach. This was utilized in my Humanities course with the illustrious Yamile Quintana, professor of music and humanities at Miami-Dade College. A major treat for me was to find the Chant to The Lord's Prayer. (I'm still practicing it.)
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