A Global Perspective draws connections between Western culture and the cultures of Africa, China, Japan, and India; giving students an appreciation of the ways in which the world’s societies have always mirrored, interacted with, and inspired each other.

Primary Sources: From Homer to Bob Marley, from The Egyptian Book of the Dead to Waiting for Godot, over 150 literary sources illustrate key themes and introduce students to voices from the past.

A lush program of over 600 full-color illustrations drawn from art, architecture, and maps presents landmark works from western and non-western cultures. Selected images from the illustration program are available to adopting instructors in digital format in The Image Vault, McGraw-Hill's new web-based presentation manager. Instructors can incorporate images from The Image Vault in digital presentations that can be used in class (no Internet access required), burned to CD-ROM, or embedded in course Web pages. See www.mhhe.com/theimagevault for more details.

Flexible: Given the diversity of approaches to Humanities courses, The Humanistic Tradition has been designed to integrate easily with any course format, duration, or style of teaching. The two-volume format serves the needs of the standard full-year, two-semester humanities curriculum, while the six stand-alone books let instructors tailor their selection of texts to meet the needs of a variety of interdisciplinary course models. Additionally, the individual books serve as excellent supplements to core texts in literature, art, philosophy, and history.