Describes the physical geography of the Himalayas and chronicles its exploration throughout the centuries, covering the arrival of Christianity, trade, and surveyors and the conquest of Mt. Everest by Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953.
Examines the problem of child labor during the early twentieth century, focusing on a protest march from Philadelphia to New York City in 1903 by a group of child textile workers led by Mother Jones.
Discusses various aspects of theatrical life, including staging and performance, financing, types of acting troupes, and social and economic influences.
Discusses the lives, education, successes, and failures of such explorers as John Franklin, Robert Peary, Matthew Henson, Roald Amundsen, and Robert Falcon Scott as they ventured into the Arctic and Antarctic.
London in the nineteenth century was a fascinating place, a city that had some of the greatest wealth of its time?and some of the poorest people to be found anywhere. Crime, daily life, the treatment of children, and arts and sciences are among the topics discussed.
The Renaissance produced a remarkable transformation of European society and culture. In education and in government, in wealth and in the visual arts, the Renaissance produced major changes in almost every area of European life changes which even today continue to affect the way people live, work, and think.
