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Profiles every American presidential election from 1789 through 2000,providing details of each campaign, state-by-state results, charts, and maps.

Addresses the various issues surrounding the subject of environmental crisis, including conserving natural resources, saving the ozone layer, reversing environmental damage, and other relatd topics.

Tells the story of the three-year race by John Mauchly and Presper Eckert to design and build the first digital, electronic computer, and their ensuing struggle to be recognized as the true fathers of the modern computer.

Contains essays that examine nineteenth-century advances and discoveries in life science, medicine, mathematics, physical science, and technology and invention; featuring a time line and overview for each topic, biographical profiles of important individuals in each discipline, and research and activity ideas for students.

Photographs and text help trace the history of American presidential campaigns during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Uses the experiences of two individuals, Ada "Bricktop" Smith and Joe Jones, to present the story of the Great Migration of Southern Blacks to northern cities from the late 1800s to the years after World War I.

Examines the life of George Orwell, the English author of "Animal Farm" and "1984," and discusses the political and social criticism disclosed in his work.

A scholarly look at 4,500 years of theater, beginning with its Greek origins and concluding with a study of theater since 1970.

A biography of the African-American woman who went from being a laundress to a self-made millionaire.