civilization

More than 700 illustrations of objects and artifacts from the Smithsonian Institute that reflect the varieties of people who migrated to America, with text that explains their cultural, social, and historical importance.

Newsman Koppel offers his observations on significant matters of 1999--the Clinton impeachment, the war in Kosovo, the global economy, even Viagra.

Photographs and illustrations introduce the inventions and technology used by the ancient Greeks, describing how those ideas influenced later technology.

Profiles many fictional figures from literature, myth, film, and other sources that hve shaped society, culture and the course of history, such as Rosie the Riveter, Lady Chatterly, Ebenezer Scrooge, and Hamlet.

A comprehensive guide to China in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries that provides information on Mao Zedong; the Cultural Revolution between 1966 and 1976; the Deng Revolution; repression and expansion from 1989 to 1997; major cities; foreign relations; politics and culture; sickness and poverty; pollution; religion; women; and other issues.

Translation of: Cina, il passato e ill presente. Discusses the land and people, history and culture, and science and technology of China.

Text and photographs provide a panorama of American life from 1910 to 1992.

Examines the effect of German traditions and dreams on contemporary German society.