civilization, modern

Examines social, cultural, and political practices of Native Americans and indigenous societies, and describes how they have influenced architecture, agriculture, and other aspects of life throughout the world.

This book teaches readers what the Ancient Chinese gave us: the seismograph, ice cream, fireworks, and more.--Borders.

Contains approximately two hundred alphabetized, cross-referenced articles on topics and figures related to religious change, politics, exploration, and cultural achievements between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, focusing on Europe but also covering Africa, Asia, and the Americas, and includes a time line, glossary, and further reading list.

Surveys important occurrences in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas around the year 1800. Includes bibliographical references and an index.

Chronicles clothing trends of the 1940s and the influence of World War II on styles of dress, availability of many fabrics, and the new ideas of "designers at war.".

Retraces the story of when Poggio Bracciolini found Lucretius' poem "On the Nature of Things," during the Renaissance and how the recirculation of this poem changed history.

Chronicles the intellectual history of Western civilization since the classical period, focusing on key moments of cultural transformation, and considering how the past contributes to an understanding of the changes taking place in the twenty-first-century landscape of knowledge.

Describes some of the problems our technology has created for society and suggests some strategies for coping in the future.

Examines why people around the world hate America, from the Middle East, to developing countries, to Western Europe, and includes discussions on American foriegn policy, the American idolization of violence, and the cultural totalitarianism America exerts throughout the world through globalization.

Provides month-by-month, year-by-year, coverage of every major event that occured from 1900 to mid-1999.