history

Tells the history of the creation and evolution of the World Wide Web through profiles of eight of its architects, including Marc Andreessen, co-author of Mosaic and co-founder of Netscape; Kim Polese, co-founder of Marimba; Jerry Yang, co-creator of Yahoo; and Andrew Anker, head of the online magazine "HotWired.".

A study of American railroads, discussing their role in almost every major movement in the country's history, including the rise of the Atlantic seaboard metropolises, peopling and supplying the West, determining the course of the Civil War, and creating the American suburbs.

Explores the writings of ten Jewish-American women authors, providing introductory essays, biographical data, critical excerpts, and bibliographies for such writers as Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker, and Gertrude Stein.

Profiles ten figures in American history who have been accused of betraying their country, including Benedict Arnold, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, and Aldrich Ames.

A reexamination of the colonial period of American history from an African-American perspective, looking at the contributions African-Americans made in the building of the country, beginning in 1526 when a group of African slaves rebelled against their Spanish captors and settled among local Indians, through 1790.

Covers the history of the British Empire from the American Revolution to the last stages of the Empire in the late twentieth century including questions of economics, politics, art, language, culture, and the formation of nations.

An examination of the religious right and its role in American life, looking at the influence of religion on legislation and society, and exploring the alignment of the religious right and the political right.

An illustrated exploration of mathematics and its history, beginning with a study of numbers and their symbols, and continuing with a broad survey that includes consideration of algebra, geometry, hyperbolic functions, fractals, and many other mathematical functions.