-
The Mexican Revolution
Louise Chipley Slavicek
Library Binding (Chelsea House Publications, April 11, 2011)In The Mexican Revolution, readers will gain an understanding of the social and political upheaval surrounding this event, its major players, and its lasting effects.
-
The Acquisition of Florida: America's Twenty-Seventh State
Liz Sonneborn
Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Feb. 1, 2009)Bolstered by biographical sketches, extensive photographs, excerpts from primary source documents, and first-person narratives, each title in this history series presents a three-dimensional look at a particular event and those people who not only played an integral part in making it significant but also those who were ultimately affected by its consequences.
Z+
-
The Marshall Plan
G. S. Prentzas
Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub (Library), Nov. 1, 2011)This volume describes how the Marshall Plan was developed, its effects on aiding Europe in the aftermath of World War II, and how it shaped the course of European development.
-
The Boer War
Louise Chipley Slavicek
Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub (Library), Nov. 1, 2011)Describes the causes and course of the Boer War of 1899-1902, which was fought by the British, the Boer settlers, descended from Dutch immigrants, and native Africans, over self-determination and mining rights.
-
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Susan Muaddi Darraj
Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Feb. 1, 2010)Discusses the Universal Declaration of Human Rights after World War II, and explains how the Universal Declaration was drafted and how it continues to guide the global human rights movement today.
-
The Congress of Vienna
Alan Allport
Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub (Library), Nov. 1, 2011)Explains the 1814 Conference of Vienna, in which major European powers came together to restore the order that had been upset by the Napoleonic Wars of the previous 25 years.
-
The Cuban Revolution
G S Prentzas
Hardcover (Chelsea House Publications, Nov. 1, 2011)Learn the reasons behind the 1959 overthrow of the Fulgencio Batista regime by Fidel Castro and his troops and the subsequent successes and failures of Castro's almost 50 year rule of the island nation.
-
The Manhattan Project
Liz Sonneborn
Library Binding (Chelsea House Publications, March 1, 2011)During World War II, as Allied forces sought to combat the Axis powers by military means, recent advances in nuclear science led the US military to organize the Manhattan Project - a massive government-run programme to invent an atomic bomb. This book explores how the development and use of the bomb affected the course of WWII.
-
A Glorious Past: Ancient Egypt, Ethiopia, and Nubia
Earnestine Jenkins
Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Sept. 1, 1994)Beginning with the civilization of Ancient Egypt, with its mighty Pharoahs and monuments, a fascinating history moves on to the Nubians who were soldiers, scholars, and builders, and the Ethiopians who dominated Northern Africa and the Red Sea trade.
-
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Heather Lehr Wagner
Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub (Library), Aug. 1, 2011)For 13 days in October 1962, the United States came closer than it ever had to nuclear war with the Soviet Union. In retaliation for the U.S. placement of missiles near the Soviet border in Europe, the Soviet Union placed missiles on Cuba, a mere 90 miles from U.S. soil. In the 13 heated days that followed, U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Soviet leader Nikita S. Khrushchev successfully negotiated a peaceful end to the missile standoff that had led the world to the brink of nuclear war a war that would have undoubtedly devastated both countries. The Cuban Missile Crisis explores the dramatic developments of those 13 days, from the time the United States first learned of the USSR's nuclear missiles in Cuba to the steps taken to ensure that those missiles were never fired.
Y
-
Centuries of Greatness: The West African Kingdoms : 750-1900
Philip Koslow
Paperback (Chelsea House Pub, May 1, 1994)Discusses the power of the West African kingdoms from 750, the founding date of ancient Ghana, to 1900 when the kingdom of Asante fell to the British
Z
-
Centuries of Greatness: The West African Kingdoms 750-1900
Philip Koslow
Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, June 1, 1994)Spanning more than a thousand years of art, industry, warfare, and commerce, a sweeping account of the power and splendor of West African kingdoms covers the rise and fall of great kingdoms and the reigns of many ambitious leaders.