Author: John Ledyard Denison
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : North America
Languages : en
Pages : 938
Book Description
An Illustrated History of the New World
Author: John Ledyard Denison
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : North America
Languages : en
Pages : 938
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : North America
Languages : en
Pages : 938
Book Description
The Oxford Illustrated History of the World
Author: Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191067202
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Imagine the planet, as if from an immense distance of time and space, as a galactic observer might see it—with the kind of objectivity that we, who are enmeshed in our history, can ́t attain. The Oxford Illustrated History of the World encompasses the whole span of human history. It brings together some of the world's leading historians, under the expert guidance of Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, to tell the 200,000-year story of our world, from the emergence of homo sapiens through to the twenty-first century: the environmental convulsions; the interplay of ideas (good and bad); the cultural phases and exchanges; the collisions and collaborations in politics; the successions of states and empires; the unlocking of energy; the evolutions of economies; the contacts, conflicts, and contagions that have all contributed to making the world we now inhabit.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191067202
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Imagine the planet, as if from an immense distance of time and space, as a galactic observer might see it—with the kind of objectivity that we, who are enmeshed in our history, can ́t attain. The Oxford Illustrated History of the World encompasses the whole span of human history. It brings together some of the world's leading historians, under the expert guidance of Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, to tell the 200,000-year story of our world, from the emergence of homo sapiens through to the twenty-first century: the environmental convulsions; the interplay of ideas (good and bad); the cultural phases and exchanges; the collisions and collaborations in politics; the successions of states and empires; the unlocking of energy; the evolutions of economies; the contacts, conflicts, and contagions that have all contributed to making the world we now inhabit.
New York
Author: Ric Burns
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 059353414X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 849
Book Description
An expanded edition of the only comprehensive illustrated history of New York—with more than 600 ravishing photographs and illustrations—that tells the remarkable 400-year-long story of the city from its beginning in 1624 up to the current moment. The companion volume to the acclaimed PBS series. This landmark book traces the spectacular growth of New York from its initial settlement on the tip of Manhattan through the destruction wrought by the Revolutionary War to its rise as the nation’s premier commercial capital and industrial center and as a magnet for immigrant hopes and dreams in the 19th century to its standing as a beacon of modern culture in the 20th century and as a worldwide symbol of resilience in the 21st century. The story continues here with new chapters delivering a sweeping portrait of New York at the dawn of the 21st century, when it emerged after decades of decline to assert its place at the very center of a new globalized culture. Here is a city challenged—indeed, sometimes shaken to its core—by a series of profound crises: the aftermath of 9/11, the continual struggle with racial injustice, the financial crisis of 2008, the devastation of Superstorm Sandy, the still unfolding cataclysm of the COVID-19 pandemic—whose earliest and deadliest urban epicenter was New York itself. Here too is a lively portrait of the city’s vibrant street life and culture: the birth of hip-hop in the South Bronx, Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Gates in Central Park, the musicals of Broadway, the explosion in location filmmaking in every borough, the pivotal rise of the tech industry, and so much more. The history of this city—especially in the tumultuous and transformative two decades detailed in the new chapters—is an epic story of rebirth and growth, an astonishing transfiguration, still in progress, of the world’s first modern city into a model and prototype for the global city of the future.
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 059353414X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 849
Book Description
An expanded edition of the only comprehensive illustrated history of New York—with more than 600 ravishing photographs and illustrations—that tells the remarkable 400-year-long story of the city from its beginning in 1624 up to the current moment. The companion volume to the acclaimed PBS series. This landmark book traces the spectacular growth of New York from its initial settlement on the tip of Manhattan through the destruction wrought by the Revolutionary War to its rise as the nation’s premier commercial capital and industrial center and as a magnet for immigrant hopes and dreams in the 19th century to its standing as a beacon of modern culture in the 20th century and as a worldwide symbol of resilience in the 21st century. The story continues here with new chapters delivering a sweeping portrait of New York at the dawn of the 21st century, when it emerged after decades of decline to assert its place at the very center of a new globalized culture. Here is a city challenged—indeed, sometimes shaken to its core—by a series of profound crises: the aftermath of 9/11, the continual struggle with racial injustice, the financial crisis of 2008, the devastation of Superstorm Sandy, the still unfolding cataclysm of the COVID-19 pandemic—whose earliest and deadliest urban epicenter was New York itself. Here too is a lively portrait of the city’s vibrant street life and culture: the birth of hip-hop in the South Bronx, Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Gates in Central Park, the musicals of Broadway, the explosion in location filmmaking in every borough, the pivotal rise of the tech industry, and so much more. The history of this city—especially in the tumultuous and transformative two decades detailed in the new chapters—is an epic story of rebirth and growth, an astonishing transfiguration, still in progress, of the world’s first modern city into a model and prototype for the global city of the future.
A New Illustrated History of World War II
Author: Various
Publisher: David & Charles
ISBN: 9780715321027
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
A comprehensively illustrated account of the six-year-global conflict that transformed world politics and shaped the course of modern history.
Publisher: David & Charles
ISBN: 9780715321027
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
A comprehensively illustrated account of the six-year-global conflict that transformed world politics and shaped the course of modern history.
The new global era
Author: John Morris Roberts
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195215281
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Presents an illustrated history of the world from the time of the early hunters and farmers to the rise of ancient Greek civilization, the first empires of China to the recent conflicts in Vietnam, Asia, Africa and Europe.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195215281
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Presents an illustrated history of the world from the time of the early hunters and farmers to the rise of ancient Greek civilization, the first empires of China to the recent conflicts in Vietnam, Asia, Africa and Europe.
The Illustrated History of the World
Author: McRae Books
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788888166117
Category : Chronology, Historical
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788888166117
Category : Chronology, Historical
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
An Illustrated History of the New World
Author: John Ledyard Denison
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : North America
Languages : en
Pages : 878
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : North America
Languages : en
Pages : 878
Book Description
ILLUS HIST OF THE NEW WORLD
Author: John Ledyard 1826-1906 Denison
Publisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781372112447
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 972
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781372112447
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 972
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War
Author: Hew Strachan
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198743122
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Originally published: 1998. New edition published in hardcover in 2014.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198743122
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Originally published: 1998. New edition published in hardcover in 2014.
An Illustrated History of the First World War
Author: John Keegan
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 037541259X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Illustrates life on the home front, important battles, war from the perspective of generals and soldiers, the collapse of empires, and glimpses of World War II through photographs, paintings, cartoons, and posters.
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 037541259X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Illustrates life on the home front, important battles, war from the perspective of generals and soldiers, the collapse of empires, and glimpses of World War II through photographs, paintings, cartoons, and posters.