A Brief History of the Western World Author:Thomas H. Greer, Gavin Lewis This text, which pioneered the brief format for this subject, provides a comprehensive view of the development of Western civilization in half the pages of other texts on this subject. Not simply an abridgement of a longer book, this text offers students in survey courses a concise, lucid narrative. — Broad coverage of political, social, cultural... more », and religious themes gives instructors the flexibility to tailor their instruction, and to assign supplementary materials as desired.« less