Presents main themes in twentieth-century life, including military confrontations, booms and depressions, political ideologies, and technological developments.

Describes the surrounding, daily life, traditions, and customs of people living all around the world.

A photographic portrait from the Keystone- Mast Collection.

Color a picture of Captain Cook in Botany Bay, design an Ottoman pattern, play the Battle of Bunker Hill board game, and pan for gold...don't just read about history―experience it! This comprehensive, 8.5" x 11" curriculum guide and activity book contains map activities, coloring pages, games, projects, review questions, cross-references to illustrated encyclopedias, and extensive book lists. Children and parents love the activities, ranging from...

Presents the major events of a period characterized by fear of another world war, unprecedented high standards of living, and great scientific advances.

Smil takes readers from bacterial invasions through animal metabolisms to megacities and the global economy. He begins with organisms whose mature sizes range from microscopic to enormous, looking at disease-causing microbes, the cultivation of staple crops, and human growth from infancy to adulthood. He examines the growth of energy conversions and man-made objects that enable economic activities—developments that have been essential to civilization....

"Books about the origins of humanity dominate bestseller lists, while national newspapers present breathless accounts of new archaeological findings and speculate about what those findings tell us about our earliest ancestors. We are obsessed with prehistory—and, in this respect, our current era is no different from any other in the last three hundred years....Stefanos Geroulanos demonstrates how claims about the earliest humans not only shaped...