Profiles in world history:significant events and the people who shaped them

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Group Author: Moss Joyce 1951-; Wilson George 1920-
Published: U X L,
Publisher Address: [Detroit, MI]
Publication Dates: c1996.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: 8 v.: ill., maps ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 078760464X (set : acid-free paper)
0787604658 (v. 1 : acid-free paper)
0787604666 (v. 2 : acid-free paper)
0787604674 (v. 3 : acid-free paper)
0787604682 (v. 4 : acid-free paper)
0787604690 (v. 5 : acid-free paper)
0787604704 (v. 6 : acid-free paper)
0787604712 (v. 7 : acid-free paper)
0787604720 (v. 8 : acid-free paper)
Index Number: K1
CLC: K1-49
Call Number: K1-49/P964
Contents: Cumulative index in vol. 8.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
v. 1. Beginnings of civilization to expansion of world powers -- v. 2. Experimenting with governments to Viking invasion of Britain, 200 B.C.-A.D. 1066 -- v. 3. Crusades to building empires in the Americas, 1095-1500 -- v.4. Beginnings of the age of discovery to industrial revolution, 1400-1830 v. 5. British world influence to seeking alternatives to capitalism, 1750-1900 -- v. 6. Social reform to world wars, 1880-1945 -- v. 7. Reshaping nations to Cold War, 1918-1970 -- v. 8. Issues of human survival to Middle East peace process, 1960-1995.
Each chapter focuses on one particular event which is placed in historical context and followed by biographical profiles of individuals who played active roles in the event.