Private: Faculty of Arts and Science – Humanities
History
Open Textbooks and Concordia Courses
| Open Textbook Title | Potentially Relevant Courses |
| Western Civilization: A Concise History – Volumes 1 – 3 | HIST 200, HIST 202, HIST 206, HIST 207, HIST 235 |
| Historical and Contemporary Realities: Movement Towards Reconciliation | HIST 203, HIST 205, HIST 303, HIST 359 |
| Canadian History: Pre and Post-Confederation | HIST 203, HIST 205, HIST 209, HIST 210, HIST 303 |
| Confronting Canadian Migration History | HIST 305, HIST 206, HIST 308, HIST 309, HIST 311, HIST 315 |
| World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500 | HIST 206, HIST 207, HIST 208, HIST 219, HIST 223, HIST 225, HIST 242, HIST 262, HIST 263, HIST 264, HIST 274, HIST 276, HIST 302, HIST 323, HIST 327, HIST 335 |
| Yale Lectures: The Early Middle Ages, 284–1000 | HIST 206 |
| Global History and New Polycentric Approaches | HIST 207, HIST 261, HIST 262, HIST 263, HIST 274, HIST 276, HIST 283, HIST 302, HIST 306, HIST 332, HIST 336, HIST 341, HIST 353, HIST 366, HIST 394, HIST 395 |
| Keys to Understanding the Middle East | HIST 242, HIST 348, HIST 369, HIST 374 |
| Sage American History – Era of the American Revolution | HIST 251, HIST 302, HIST 303, HIST 353, HIST 354 |
| U.S. History | HIST 251, HIST 253, HIST 302, HIST 303, HIST 308, HIST 324, HIST 318, HIST 320, HIST 321, HIST 322, HIST 353, HIST 358 |
Description and Access
Western Civilization: A Concise History – Volume 1, Volume 2, and Volume 3
These peer-reviewed open textbooks are about the origins of civilization in Mesopotamia c. 8,000 BCE through the early Middle Ages in Europe c. 1,000 CE. Volume 1 covers topics including Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia, Greece, Rome, the Islamic caliphates, and the early European Middle Ages.
Volume 2 looks at the early Middle Ages to the French Revolution in 1789 CE. It covers topics including the High Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the European conquest of the Americas, the Reformation, the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment. Volume 3 looks at the Napoleonic era to the recent past.
Volume 3 covers topics including the Industrial Revolution, the politics of Europe in the nineteenth century, modern European imperialism, the world wars, fascism, Nazism, the Holocaust, the postwar era, the Cold War, and recent developments in economics and politics.
Includes: course content
May suit: HIST 200 Introduction to History, HIST 202 Modern Europe, HIST 206 Medieval Europe, HIST 207 Early Modern Europe, HIST 208 Introduction to the History of the Balkans, HIST 235 The Holocaust, HIST 242 History of the Middle East, HIST 262 History of China, HIST 263 History of Japan, HIST 264 History of Africa, HIST 351 England in the Reign of Henry VIII, HIST 382 Age of Enlightenment, HIST 383 Age of Revolution, HIST 398 Selected Topics in History
Historical and Contemporary Realities: Movement Towards Reconciliation
This open textbook is written as a resource for educators to teach students a