modern history

An introductory history of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with a fictional story involving children to depict the era.

Provides a horizontal linkage of people and events which occurred in America. Grouped under subject headings from 1000 A.D. to the present.

Provides a year-by-year account of events from Queen Victoria to Bill Clinton, from the age of steam to the age of telescopes in space. Includes the arts, sciences, exploration, sports and daily life, plus socialism, nationalism, fascism, civil rights and more.

Daily chronology of events under the headings World affairs; Europe; Africa & the Middle East; The Americas; Asia & the Pacific; U.S. politics & social science; U.S. foreign policy & defense; U.S. economy & environment; science, technology & nature; and culture, leisure & life style.

Presents a monthly and daily chronology of events for every year from 1940 through 1949, covering social, economic, and political developments in the U.S. and around the world, and includes an introductory overview of the decade.

Presents a monthly and daily chronology of events for every year from 1976 through 1979, covering social, economic, and political developments in the U.S. and around the world.

Contains 200 maps accompained by text and photographs. Charts the political changes that have occurred throughout the 20th century.

Brief text and illustrations describe the agricultural and industrial revolutions, government revolutions, and the spread of colonization.

Provides a chronology of the decade by following themes and major developments and trends.