World History the Easy Way Volume Two (Easy Way Series)

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 592 pages
• Published by: Barron's Educational Series October 1, 1997
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0812097661
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0812097665
• Book Dimensions: 10.9 x 7.8 x 1.3 inches
• Weighs: 2.8 pounds

Product Description
Volume II opens with major world events between 1500 and 1789, and considers the development of shipbuilding that sent European explorers around the world. Following topics include the Ottoman Empire, Mughal India, Manchu China, Spanish conquests in the Americas, European world colonialism, the French Revolution, Napoleonic Europe, British imperial expansion, the revolutions in the Americas, the United States and Canada as world powers, World War I and II, postwar Europe, the end of European colonialism, the Cold War, modern China, and events affecting Pacific nations.

Reader Reviews
I'm not so sure than a two volume series on World History with a total of nearly 1000 pages of information deserves to be called `The Easy Way.' This is definitely NOT a short and sweet study guide for the new AP World History exam. If that's what you're looking for, I suggest you check out the AP World History study guides published by Peterson's or Barron's. On the other hand, if you're a high school teacher looking for a supplement to your textbook, or if you're a home-schooler who is looking for a textbook complete with practice tests, then this series may have value; however, I suspect that most people are going to find it a fairly traditional 1000 page summary of world history too tedious and utilitarian to be either engaging or useful. Frankly it begs comparison not with study guides or supplements, but with textbooks - which come with plenty of supplementary materials. In my opinion, the book(s) should have been thematically organized and less than half as long.