Ways of the World by Robert Strayer
Agnes experienced many setbacks ranging from rural America to Kenya, Africa. She was one of those persons who didn't seem to be able to get it right. She experiencd anomie when her world crumbled right down around her. She had to struggle with physical ailments, mental anguish, and emotional trauma before she finally chose the right path. And even when she was on the right path, circumstances slam dunked her back to unacceptable behaviors. Agnes acts of kindness and charity far outweighted the immorality she endulged. The lesson the Author hopes each person walks away with after reading this short story is to maintain determination and never give up: Agnes did not give up.
ROBERT W. STRAYER comes to the writing of this text with wide experience in the world history enterprise. With a Ph.D. in European and African history from the University of Wisconsin, he has taught world history at many levels, beginning with a two-year stint in high school history instruction in Ethiopia with the Peace Corps. Most of his academic career was spent at SUNY College at Brockport, where he taught world history as well as African and Soviet history for three decades and received both the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching and a similar award for Excellence in Scholarship. In 1998, he was a visiting professor of world history at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. Since moving to California in 2002, he has taught world history at the University of California, Santa Cruz; California State University, Monterey Bay; and Cabrillo College. World history has been the primary intellectual focus of his career, during which he has served as a teacher, scholar, textbook author, consultant, and member of the Executive Committee of the World History Association.
Among his publications are works in African history, including Kenya: Focus on Nationalism (1975) and The Making of Mission Communities in East Africa (1978). More recently, he developed a specialty in Soviet history and wrote Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse? (1998) and The Communist Experiment (2007), comparing the experience of the Soviet Union with that of China. He was the senior author of an earlier world history textbook, The Making of the Modern World (1988; 1995), and has co-edited McGraw-Hill's Explorations in World History series. He has also published in a number of specialized journals, such as the Journal of World History.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780312452872 |
| ISBN 10 | 031245287X |
| Title | Ways of the World |
| Author | Robert Strayer |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bedford Books,U.S. |
| Year published | 2008-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 817 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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