Download or read book Global Past Volume 1 and Mapping the Global Past Volume 1 written by Fields Newman and published by Bedford Books. This book was released on 1997-09-15 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving beyond Eurocentric paradigms, The Global Past provides a new and better model for teaching world history, with extensive and integrated treatment of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. To provide students with a coherent framework, it places key historical themes within a chronological structure that helps students make comparisons and see connections across time and place.