Peter N Stearns
Author
Pub. Date
1993
Lexile measure
1530L
Physical Desc
xiii, 254 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In the midst of the heated battles swirling around American humanities education, Peter Stearns offers a reconsideration not of what we teach but of why and how we teach it. A humanities program, says Stearns, should teach students not just memorized facts but analytical skills that are vital for a critically informed citizenry. He urges the use of innovative research as the basis of such a curriculum, and he offers specific suggestions on translating...
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Pub. Date
[2017].
Physical Desc
xiv, 163 pages : graphs ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Shame varies as an individual experience and its manifestations across time and cultures. Groups establish identity and enforce social behaviors through shame and shaming, while attempts at shaming often provoke a social or political backlash. Yet historians often neglect shame's power to complicate individual, international, cultural, and political relationships. Peter N. Stearns draws on his long career as a historian of emotions to provide the...
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
6th ed., [rev. and expanded].
Physical Desc
xxviii, 1243 pages : maps ; 25 cm + computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
Completely expanded and revised, this indispensable guide to all human history now includes a searchable compact disc of the entire text and maps for quick search of dates, places, and peoples.