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Praised by instructors and students alike for its readability and attention to everyday life, A History of Western Society, Concise Edition is a brief, affordable text with valuable tools to engage today's students and save instructors time. The Concise Edition includes a full-color map and art program, three primary source features per chapter, and five chapters devoted to the lives of ordinary people that make the past real and relevant. Enhanced with a wealth of digital content in LaunchPad, the concise edition provides easily assignable options for instructors and novel ways for students to master the content. Integrated with LearningCurve, an adaptive online resource that helps students retain the material and come to class prepared.