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Textbooks, references and open learning resources.
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Modern World History: New Perspectives (OCC Version)
Jordan Stanton, Orange Coast College · LibreTexts
In the contents: 1.01: History Involves Choices · 1.02: Anti-Racism Equity and History · 1.03: History and Social Justice
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American Encounters: Art, History, and Cultural Identity
Angela L Miller, Janet Catherine Berlo, Bryan J Wolf, and Jennifer L Roberts · LibreTexts
American Encounters provides a narrative of the history of American art that focuses on historical encounters among diverse cultures, upon broad structural transformations such as the rise of the middle classes and the emergence of consumer and mass culture, and on the fluid conversations between "high" art and vernacular expressions.
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Competing Visions: A History of California
Robert W. Cherny, Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo, & Richard Griswold del Castillo · LibreTexts
In the contents: 1.04: Significance- The Importance of California Natives and Other North American Native Peoples in Non-Indian History · 13.6: Competing Visions: The History and Future of California
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SmartHistory of Art XIc - Latin America 1500 to 1900
Smarthistory · Smarthistory
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U.S. History
American YAWP · LibreTexts
In the contents: 17.09: The West as History- the Turner Thesis
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SmartHistory of Art XIa - The Americas before 1500
Smarthistory · Smarthistory
In the contents: 3.1.02: Periods in Mesoamerican history · 3.8.06: Politics and History on a Maya Vase · 3.14.23: Painting Aztec History
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SmartHistory of Art I - Prehistoric Art
SmartHistory · LibreTexts
Humans make art. We do this for many reasons and with whatever technologies are available to us. But what can we really know about their creators and what the images originally meant? The Paleolithic period covers - c. 10,000 B.C.E. The Neolithic from c. 10,0000 B.C.E. - 2000 B.C.E. This book has 54 pages when printed
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United States History to 1877
Locks et al. · George State Universities
In the contents: 01: United States History Before Columbus
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Humanities: Prehistory to the 15th Century
Lumen Learning · Lumen Learning
The book Humanities: Prehistory to the 15th Century provides an interdisciplinary exploration of human history, culture, and artistic achievements from prehistoric times through the Middle Ages. It examines key cultural developments, including art, literature, philosophy, religion, and architecture, highlighting their societal contexts and global influences.
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Exploring Chicano Cultural History
Melody Sowden · Coalinga College
Exploring Chicano Cultural History investigates the social, political, and artistic foundations of the Mexican American experience, tracing how pre-colonial Indigenous frameworks persisted through colonial rule, imperial expansion, and annexation. The text focuses directly on specific mechanisms of community agency and survival (including mutualistas, independent Spanish-language media networks, and mid-century labor movements) to connect historical legacies with contemporary social realities.
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ARTH 8: Art History (2024)
Amu Raymond · Diablo Valley College
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World History A/B
Nina Sprouse · Mizzou Academy
In the contents: 4.03: Periods of Greek History · 4.04: From Mythology to History · 5.02: Basic Chronology and Periods of Roman History
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A History of the United States (1870-Present)
Anonymous · LibreTexts
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Social Movements: Theory, History, and Contemporary Activism
James Nguyen · De Anza College
This textbook introduces students to the major sociological theories used to explain social movements before exploring a range of historical and contemporary movements in the United States. Throughout the text, students are encouraged to think critically about the relationship between individuals, institutions, culture, and power while examining how ordinary people have organized to create extraordinary social change.
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SmartHistory of Art IXb - Modernism 1945-1980
SmartHistory · LibreTexts
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African American History and Culture
Lumen Learning · Lumen Learning
In the contents: 01: African Origins History and Culture
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Art History
Boundless · LibreTexts
'The Boundless Art History textbook is a college-level, introductory textbook that provides an overview of the culturally rich subject of Art History from pre-history through to modern global art.
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SmartHistory of Art XII: Global Cultures 1980 – Now
Smarthistory · Smarthistory
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Western Civilization A Concise History I
Christopher Brooks · Portland Community College
This volume covers the origins of civilization in Mesopotamia c. 8,000 BCE through the early Middle Ages in Europe c. 1,000 CE and explores Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia, Greece, Rome, the Islamic caliphates, and the early European Middle Ages.
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History 151: World History to 1500
Liana Horovitz · University of Hawaii Maui College
In the contents: 01: Prehistory · 2.07: The Significance of Mesopotamia for World History · 6.05: Periods of Greek History