history

Examines the public impact high-profile trials have had on American life, exploring the legal, moral, and cultural implications of prominent legal battles over the last two centuries.

Traces Lincoln's rise in the political arena in Illinois and describes how the death of a blacksmith emerged into a murder trial that helped launch Lincoln's bid for the Presidency.

Contains nearly four hundred entries that examine key concepts important to the history of American business, as well as biographies of notable inventors, entrepreneurs, and industrial and business leaders; arranged alphabetically within five time periods ranging from 1607 through the twentieth century.

Presents a brief history of quantum mechanics, discussing key figures such as Einstein, Bohr, and Planck in the early twentieth century, looking at modern theories of quantum computing and quantum gravity, and including a time line.

Chronicles the events surrounding the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott that came about as a result of civil rights activist Rosa Parks's refusal to give up her seat on the bus to a white patron.

Explores how needlework has been used throughout history to express social and individual identity, spiritual beliefs, and aesthetic ideals, and profiles needlework objects from various cultures and historical periods.

Presents a collection of approximately seventy-five entries that describe the people, places, terms, and tools in the history of jewelry.

Provides accounts of thirty-five crimes and trials that achieved celebrity status, beginning with the Black Sox scandal of 1919 and continuing through the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal of 2004, each with photographs, sidebars, and references; and includes introductory essays that discuss the social and historical contexts in which the cases occurred.