civilization

An exploration of American life from 1980 through 1989, looking at key people, events, and topics in the arts, business and the economy, education, fashion, government and politics, law, lifestyles and social trends, media, medicine and health, religion, science and technology, and sports.

Chronicles the lives of poets and novelists, William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and others drawing connections between their unique brand of literature.

Provides an overview of the forties and fifties in the United States and examines how America reacted to the unaccustomed role of world leadership.

Chronicles American religion, politics, intellectual life, literature, and the arts from the 1600s to the 1990s.

Companion volume to the PBS series. Provides an examination of modern Africa and the three major influences which have shaped it: indigenous traditions, Western culture, and Islamic culture.

Describes London during Shakespeare's time, Elizabethan theater, how plays were produced, music of the time, where Shakespeare got his plots, and how he transformed them.

A photo-illustrated overview of Europe that describes the continent's history, environments, people, culture, religions, natural resources, economy, foreign relations and trade, and wildlife and conservation, and discusses its future.

A photo essay on ancient Egypt and the people who lived there, documented through the mummies, pottery, weapons, and other objects they left behind. Describes their society, religion, obsession with the afterlife, and methods of mummification.