Culture and Values: A Survey of the Humanities Volume I & II

CULTURE AND VALUES features provide a well-balanced blend of art, literature, philosophy, and music for every major culture and historical period -- all presented in a clear, conversational style.

Coverage includes non-Western traditions in the humanities, including ancient South Asia, China, Japan, and Latin America, as well as an entire chapter on Islamic art.

The timeline at the beginning of each chapter includes a listing of key events, providing students with historical context for the culture and values that developed and emerged during the period and location covered in the chapter.

Compare + Contrast features, along with the new Culture & Society and Connections features, promote students’ critical thinking skills and encourage them to consider the larger context in which works were created.

End of chapter glossaries help students master the material by providing an easy way to access and review key terms and their meanings.

A comprehensive set of digital resources, available via MindTap and compatible with most LMS platforms, includes a host of resources and tools for both your course and your students. MindTap resources include an interactive e-book with zoomable images; links to related videos and Google Map locations; links to full versions of the literary works excerpted in the text; flashcards; quizzes; resources for research and writing; a downloadable note-taking guide with all chapter images for each chapter; streaming music; and more.

Resources for instructors include chapter PowerPoint presentations; a comprehensive Testbank; an Instructor’s Manual with discussion prompts and activity ideas; and a flash drive containing high-resolution image files of all images in the text.

CULTURE AND VALUES is available as a bundled package containing Volumes I and II or as two volumes split at the Renaissance. Volume I includes Chapters 1-13 (up to and including the High Renaissance); Volume II includes Chapters 13-23 (the High Renaissance to the 21st Century).

NEW Available in MindTap, the online version of the text contains links via Questia to the full versions of the majority of literary excerpts discussed in the text.

NEW Chapter 16, Cultural Centers of the Americas, provides comprehensive coverage of various cultures of North, Central, and South America, from the Olmec civilization to the Post-Columbian period.

NEW Culture & Society features highlight relationships between cultural and social developments, both ancient and modern. An example featured topic is the “Theater of War” project in which contemporary screen and stage actors participate in readings of ancient Greek tragedies to heighten awareness of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

NEW Connections features draw parallels between works of art and literature, relay contemporary responses to ancient events, and offer engaging new perspectives on cultural figures and monuments. An example featured discussion (in Volume II) on action painting draws parallels between Japanese artist Kazuo Shiraga’s painting with his feet and Jackson Pollock’s method of drip painting.

NEW Religion features present essential aspects and tenets of belief systems past and present in clear and easy-to-locate places throughout the text.

NEW Spotify playlists provide access to the music selections discussed by the authors. GO LISTEN icons in the text point students to all music selections.

NEW Numerous new artworks and illustrations throughout enliven the text and engage students.

NEW Introductions -- both to the text itself and to the Voices feature -- are available in the MindTap version of the book.