Great survey course book for Modern European History. Reading it again. ( )

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The first year university history text when I was there. It does begin with the Renaissance and moves along to the end of WWII, or at least that edition did.A first book, All in all, a reasonable treatment of the material. The maps are adequate, and there is a glowing portrait of the USA compared to the other movers and shakers. ( )

This was the textbook for the AP European history class I took in high school. The title is a misnomer—Palmer and Cotton's book is a history of modern Europe and the rest of the world only isasmuch as it was conquered by Europeans. That solecism aside, this is a fine survey of western history. ( )

Edition: 5th edition // Descr: xv, 492 p. : ill., maps 25 cm. // Series: Call No. { } Shelved in Kade German Center, 116 Lawrence : Geschichte // //