Posted in European History, Powell History Book Recommendations on July 13, 2007 | No Comments »
With my course on European History just around the corner, I wanted to provide students (and others) with a chance to pick up the best history books that you can use to follow-up on the material independently.
My list of the top ten history books on European history begins with #10, Willis Mason West’s “Early Progress.”
West’s “Modern [...]
Posted in European History, History for Adults on July 10, 2007 | No Comments »
Part 3 of 5: Europe Today
In Part 1 of WSEH, I discussed the “Eur-Am” Connection, i.e. the context of European developments that preceded and paralleled American history and conditioned its progress.
In Part 2 of WSEH, I presented the idea of that European History is a fascinating world of values that can provide us with both [...]
Posted in European History, History for Adults on June 29, 2007 | No Comments »
Imagine a man who is both ruler of his kingdom and the vassal to another king for vast lands he possesses in that king’s country–a man who is at once sovereign, and beholden to another lord–a man whose whim is law in one context, but whose obligations in another context constrict his every move. You [...]
Posted in European History on June 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Teller (of Penn & Teller), a former Latin teacher and noted fan of A First History for Adults™ who may join us here at PHR on occasion, offers his own spin on the “Eur-Am Connection” in one of his road essays.
His essay, written as optional homework in Powell History’s 30-lecture course on the “Story of [...]
Posted in European History, History for Adults on June 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Part 1 of 5: The “Eur-Am” Connection
Although the average American is now more likely to be taught the story of Leif Ericsson than that of Christopher Columbus, most everyone still knows that Columbus sailed on his fateful voyage in 1492. Despite the debate over whether this constitutes the Discovery of America, no one can deny that [...]
