social conditions

Contains 209 essays that explore topics in the social history of Europe from 1350 to 2000, grouped by subject in twenty-three categories, including biographies; with cross-references, bibliographies, an alphabetical table of contents, and a comprehensive index.

Photographs, graphs, maps, charts, and statistics help provide information on a wide range of issues that impact the world in the first decade of the twenty-first century, covering commerce, healthcare, religion, terrorism, global warming, natural resources, technology, education, and other related topics.

Presents a comprehensive historical narrative that describes how and why ancient civilizations such as the Anasazi, Maya, and the Polynesian culture on Easter Island failed and fell into ruin and examines how lessons learned from the past can help in preserving the future.

Presents a collection of more than one hundred excerpts from dance, etiquette, beauty, and fashion manuals of the nineteenth century.

Explores the social hierarchy created by feudalism during the Middle Ages. Looks at relationships between social classes and the importance of land ownership.

Contains 180 essays arranged in fourteen thematic sectionsthat examine the processes and people of the American socialstructure.

Presents a comprehensive historical narrative that describes how and why ancient civilizations such as the Anasazi, Maya, and the Polynesian culture on Easter Island failed and fell into ruin and examines how lessons learned from the past can help in preserving the future.

Reflects on the evolution of counter culture since the 1960s and the political and social issues of the time, describes their motives, and how the counter culture effected the lifestyles of the typical American family.

Examines the global reach of the Great Depression in the 1930s, covering the cause and responses, the effects in the United States and across the globe, and the reflection of the times in literature, theater, film, and more.