history

Words and photographs describe the daily lives of typical sharecropper families in the American South.

Presents over two hundred forty examples of photography between 1839 and 1960 by a number of master photographers, and describes the development of photography.

Profiles eight founders of the computer industry, including Thomas Watson, Jr. of IBM, An Wang of Wang Laboratories, Seymour Cray of Cray Research, Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore of Intel, Bill Gates of Microsoft, Steve Jobs of Apple Computers, and Steve Case of America Online.

Presents an overview of the American presidency, and features biographical portraits of all forty-one U.S. presidents from George Washington through Bill Clinton. Includes a copy of the U.S. Constitution, a listing of First Ladies, and other related reference information.

Profiles more than 180 notable men and women of Hispanic and Latin American heritage from the sixteenth through twentieth centuries.

Profiles seventy-three men and women who helped their societies win greater justice, equality, and freedom.

An illustrated history of world art from its earliest beginnings through the end of the twentieth century, grouped by era, and discussing all the major movements in art, architecture, and design.

A biography of the influential American journalist and publisher of newspapers and magazines, discussing his career and his involvement in politics.

Chronicles the events that took place in the thirty years it took to complete the first transcontinental railroad, profiling the key players in its development, the major setbacks the workers faced, and the public objections to the railroad's completion.

Contains biographical sketches of one hundred of the most prominent and interesting American scientists of the twentieth century.