Since the book’s publication, the best-selling Worlds Together, Worlds Apart has reshaped the way that world history is taught through its chronological organization and globally integrated chapters. This unique approach allows all the regions of the world to be discussed in every chapter, making it easier for students to see connections and make comparisons within and across time periods. In this new edition, long-time author Jeremy Adelman is joined by Ruth Mostern. Together, these dynamic authors bring their extraordinary classroom, digital, and scholarly experiences to ensure Worlds Together, Worlds Apart continues to be the most accessible, pedagogically supportive, and cutting-edge world history text in this ever-changing field.

Highlights of this edition:

• New co-author Ruth Mostern, a leader in the world history community, brings more than two decades of teaching experience with Worlds Together, Worlds Apart to the project with the goal of infusing the book with more social history, strengthening global connections, and refreshing the coverage of Asian history.  
  
  
• Embedded within every chapter in the Norton Illumine Ebook, new chapter opening videos with Mostern and Adelman help students see the relevance of each story to world history, and how that story connects disparate regions and cultures across the world. The authors also host a new series of “Where is the World in this image?” videos that connect a key primary source image from each chapter to a central theme.
  
  
• Strengthened coverage of social history and global connections throughout humanizes the narrative making it more meaningful and relevant for today’s students than ever. The authors have incorporated many new fascinating updates throughout the text that explore how powerful global connecting forces such as environmental change, trade, communication innovations, and warfare substantially changed the everyday lives of people who lived both in urban centers and on the margins of societies and empires.
  
  
• A new “What Is World History?” introductory module for students in the Norton Illumine Ebook guides students to a clear understanding of the foundational principles of world history while providing an overview of the ways to use the features and pedagogy to support their understanding of the key ideas and skills of the course.
  
  
• A new primary source collection provides several hundred additional primary sources. These are now available in the Norton Illumine Ebook platform equipped with highlighting, annotating, and instructor note tools to support students as they read.
  
  
• A new History Skills Tutorial on AI Literacy helps students develop a basic understanding of how generative AI works, the technology’s limitations in historical work, and how to think critically about the output AI creates. The activity gives instructors an easy-to-assign resource for cultivating student critical thinking.