The Routledge Atlas of American History

ISBN-13: 9780415488389 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 192 str.

Martin Gilbert

Opis

This new edition of The Routledge Atlas of American History presents a series of 157 clear and detailed maps, accompanied by informative captions, facts and figures. Updated with additional maps and text and including significant recent events, the complete history of America is unravelled through vivid representations of all the significant landmarks, including:

* Politics - from the annexation of Texas to the battle for black voting rights and the results of the 2004 Presidential election
* military events - from the War of Independence and America's standing in two world wars to the conflicts in Korea, Vietnam and the Gulf, includes new maps covering the war in Iraq, the American campaign in Afghanistan and the War on Terror
* social history - from the abolition of slavery to the growth of female emancipation
* transport - from nineteenth-century railroads and canals to recent ventures into space
* economics - from early farming and industry to the state of America today.

The history of North America from early settlement to the present day is presented to students and enthusiasts of the subject in this fundamental reference book.

Recenzje

'Especially clear and helpful ... well laid out and useful for quick reference.' - The Economist

Spis treści

New maps to be added: Pollution: Domestic and from Overseas Iraq: the Continuing Struggle Afghanistan: the Continuing Struggle The 2008 Presidential Election Results President Obama's First Overseas Travels, January-May 2008

O autorze

Sir Martin Gilbert is one of the leading historians of his generation. An Honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford – of which he was a Fellow for thirty years – he is the official biographer of Churchill and the author of eighty-three books, among them Churchill - A Life and Churchill and America. For more information please visit www.martingilbert.com