history

A comprehensive history of dance throughout the ages, describing how it relates to the other arts, as well as to historical, political, and social issues.

Provides information about various aspects of life in the past, highlighting notable events and achievements in ancient Roman civilizations, covering military affairs, geography, travel and trade, education and literature, religion, economy and industry, and everyday affairs. Includes maps, drawings, and photographs.

Focuses on twelve historical political thinkers including Aristotle, Plato, Thomas Aquinas, and Karl Marx and discusses how a society meets the needs of its citizens.

Examines slavery from ancient times to the era of exploration, the African slave trade, the American Revolution and eventual decline of slavery in the North, and the legitimizing of slavery in the South and explores attempts to colonize slaves outside the United States.

Presents the life and work of the English playwright William Shakespeare and provides information about the theater of sixteenth-century London.

The author chronicles 300 years of political wrongdoings, corruption, immoral behavior, and scandals including Watergate and Whitewater, Iran-Contra, and Monica Lewinsky.

Contains source documents and illustrations that provide information about the atomic bomb, covering the development of the bomb, the decision to use the bomb against Japan, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the historical debate, and the response to the bomb. Includes critical-thinking questions.

Presents the history and development of the telephone from the invention and use of the telegraph through to the modern cell phones used today.

Presents an overview of the development of radio, from the history of electronics, to the invention of vacuum tubes, transistors, and microchips, and includes discussion of the influence of radio as a cultural phenomenon.

Provides a social and economic history of whaling in the United States, discussing the industry's beginnings in the mid-seventeenth century, peak in the mid-eighteenth century, and downfall during the twentieth century. Includes illustrations.