history

Discusses the history of human experimentation and its impact on medical discoveries.

Uses letters and journal entries to present first-hand accounts from sixteen pioneer women living in the Wild West.

"Provides a comprehensive overview of the movement of millions of African Americans out of the South during the twentieth century, including the political, social, and economic factors that drove their migration. Includes a narrative overview, biographies, primary sources, chronology, glossary, bibliography, and index"--Provided by publisher.

Examines the financial practices that led to the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 and how people around the world were affected.

Text and photographs look at terrorism and war in the twenty-first century.

Text and photographs look at science and technology in the twenty-first century.

Text and photographs look at sports and entertainment during the twenty-first century.

Text and photographs look at some of the disasters of the twenty-first century.

Examines how computers and Internet affect business and science.

An overview of the significant events and individuals associated with the collapse of the Soviet Union that discusses the rise of communism, Joseph Stalin, Mikhail Gorbachev, the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Boris Yeltsin, and more.