modern history

Daily chronology of events under the headings World affairs; Europe; Africa & the Middle East; The Americas; Asia & the Pacific; U.S. politics & social science; U.S. foreign policy & defense; U.S. economy & environment; science, technology & nature; and culture, leisure & life style.

Presents a monthly and daily chronology of events for every year from 1940 through 1949, covering social, economic, and political developments in the U.S. and around the world, and includes an introductory overview of the decade.

Presents a monthly and daily chronology of events for every year from 1976 through 1979, covering social, economic, and political developments in the U.S. and around the world.

Contains 200 maps accompained by text and photographs. Charts the political changes that have occurred throughout the 20th century.

Brief text and illustrations describe the agricultural and industrial revolutions, government revolutions, and the spread of colonization.

Provides a chronology of the decade by following themes and major developments and trends.

Describes and evaluates the global impact of ten of the seventeenth-century's most important events, including the scientific revolution, the founding of Jamestown, and the expansion of the Ottoman Empire.

Presents a collection of essays and speeches by prominent figures such as Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin and others that chronicle the events and issues connected to the Cold War.