Lucent world history series

Presents a history of space exploration, discussing the evolution of astronomy, manned and unmanned space flights to the moon and the planets, and the future of space exploration.

A brief introduction to the major events and figures associated with World War I including the political and military conflicts within Europe that preceded the war, America's entrance in 1917, and its aftermath.

Examines the history of Apartheid in South Africa, its roots in the seventeenth century, harsh segregation laws during the twentieth century, and its ultimate demise.

Describes the events pertaining to the French Revolution, which began in 1789, and examines the important people and events, and discusses the economic strain, the founding of the Estates General, how the society changed over the course of the revolution, and more.

This book traces the history of the American counterculture of the 1960s. consisting of a mixed legacy of the diverse agendas of university students, blacks, women, hippies, and radicals with overlapping goals such as ending the Vietnam War and ending the Establishment's stranglehold on the U.S.

Presents a detailed history of the treatment of the Japanese and Japanese Americans during World War II, discussing evacuations, internment camps and their military service.

Presents an introduction to the history and culture of the Islamic Empire, in simple text with illustrations.

An overview of the history of polar exploration that features photographs, maps, primary and secondary source quotations, sidebars, a time line covering key dates from 320 B.C. to 2009, and more.

This book traces the history of the women's movement from the 1848 regional U.S. women's conference, the Seneca Falls Convention to the signing of legislation in 2010 by President Barack Obama making it easier for women to fight wage inequities in the workplace.

This book traces the history of the bubonic plague, from 1347 when the "Black Death" arrived in Constantinople, Egypt, Sicily, and Italy to the outbreak of the bubonic plague in San Francisco from 1900-1904 to occasional isolated incidents of the bubonic plague in the twenty-first century.