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The Viking World
Interpretation of historical evidence and remains is an important part of history. This series focuses on the work of archaeologists past and present from which we can learn about past civilizations. The books centre on the drama and excitement of archaeological and historical discovery, whilst introducing and exploring key aspects of each civilization. This book examines major finds and their significance, and includes mini-biographies, quotes and timelines. It supports Key Stage 2 History with a high interest concept.
Ancient Greece
Interpretation of historical evidence and remains is an important part of history. This series focuses on the work of archaeologists past and present from which we can learn about past civilizations. The books centre on the drama and excitement of archaeological and historical discovery, whilst introducing and exploring key aspects of each civilization. This book examines major finds and their significance, and includes mini-biographies, quotes and timelines. It supports Key Stage 2 History with a high interest concept.
The First World War, 1914-18
Takes a fresh look at history by using documents as the starting point for studying major events or periods in the past. This work draws on a range of sources, from diaries and letters to speeches and legal documents. It explores the political situation that provided the breeding ground for war.
The Second World War
'The Second World War, 1939-45' examines the causes of the war and details the course of conflict in Western Europe, the USSR, Africa and the Pacific. It also describes the experiences of civilians, resistance fighters, prisoners of war and Holocaust victims.
Catherine the Great
Catherine the Great ruled Russia from 1762 to 1796. The book examines her reforms, her foreign policies, the history of the Russian imperial family and the nature of Russian society in the eighteenth century. The `Judge for yourself' section encourages critical debate on the success of her policies.
Scientists and Their Discoveries
Astronomers including Henry Russell, Edwin Hubble, Stephen Hawking - Chemists including John Dalton, Dmitri Mendeleev, Marie Curie, Dorothy Hodgkin - Physicists including Michael Faraday, James Clerk Maxwell, Ernest Rutherford and Albert Einstein - Geologists including Charles Lyell, Alfred Wegner and Harry Hess - Biologists including Charles Darwin, Gregor Mendel, Louis Pasteur, Alexander Fleming, Crick and Watson.
The Industrial Revolution
This volume tells the story of the revolution that created the modern, industrial world in which we live today, charting the move of industrialisation from 1850 in Western Europe and the USA, right up to the end of the 19th century when it reached Russia and Japan.
The Crusades
Crusades A Bibliography With Indexes
The End of the Cold War
Explores why the Cold War ended, including such reasons as the changing relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union, economic problems, and the increase in nuclear weaponry worldwide.
The Victorians
A discussion of the Victorians and their literature. It sets out the political, social and economic framework of the period, and then goes on to study the various influences on the novel, addresses the forms and styles of poetry and, finally, provides an overview of Victorian drama. Each chapter features a further reading list and there is a comparative time-line, a biographical glossary and a list of websites. The volume is part of a series which sets writers and literary works of different types and periods in their historical, social and cultural context and provides an introduction to various genres.
