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Books in People at the Center of series

  • People at the Center of - The Cold War

    Britta Bjornlund

    Hardcover (Blackbirch Press, Nov. 10, 2003)
    At every stage in world history, a core group of individuals have been the driving force behind the most critical events. They have defined the issues, pushed for change, debated, and led others for a cause. Each title in the People at the Center of series pulls together the core collection people that have influenced, caused, and reacted to the world's most significant historical events. Each extended encyclopedic entry covers biographical details as a basis for leading into the significance of each person and how they fit into the bigger picture.
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  • People at the Center of - The Vietnam War

    Rob Edelman

    Hardcover (Blackbirch Press, Nov. 10, 2003)
    At every stage in world history, a core group of individuals have been the driving force behind the most critical events. They have defined the issues, pushed for change, debated, and led others for a cause. Each title in the People at the Center of series pulls together the core collection people that have influenced, caused, and reacted to the world's most significant historical events. Each extended encyclopedic entry covers biographical details as a basis for leading into the significance of each person and how they fit into the bigger picture.
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  • People at the Center of - The Industrial Revolution

    Sara Wooten

    Hardcover (Blackbirch Press, Nov. 10, 2003)
    At every stage in world history, a core group of individuals have been the driving force behind the most critical events. They have defined the issues, pushed for change, debated, and led others for a cause. Each title in the People at the Center of series pulls together the core collection people that have influenced, caused, and reacted to the world's most significant historical events. Each extended encyclopedic entry covers biographical details as a basis for leading into the significance of each person and how they fit into the bigger picture.
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  • People at the Center of - The Salem Witch Trials

    Tamra B. Orr

    Hardcover (Blackbirch Press, Oct. 30, 2003)
    At every stage in world history, a core group of individuals have been the driving force behind the most critical events. They have defined the issues, pushed for change, debated, and led others for a cause. Each title in the People at the Center of series pulls together the core collection people that have influenced, caused, and reacted to the world's most significant historical events. Each extended encyclopedic entry covers biographical details as a basis for leading into the significance of each person and how they fit into the bigger picture.
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  • People at the Center of - World War I

    Gail B. Stewart

    Hardcover (Blackbirch Press, Nov. 14, 2003)
    At every stage in world history, a core group of individuals have been the driving force behind the most critical events. They have defined the issues, pushed for change, debated, and led others for a cause. Each title in the People at the Center of series pulls together the core collection people that have influenced, caused, and reacted to the world's most significant historical events. Each extended encyclopedic entry covers biographical details as a basis for leading into the significance of each person and how they fit into the bigger picture.
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  • People at the Center of - Prohibition

    Tamra B. Orr

    Hardcover (Blackbirch Press, Nov. 10, 2003)
    At every stage in world history, a core group of individuals have been the driving force behind the most critical events. They have defined the issues, pushed for change, debated, and led others for a cause. Each title in the People at the Center of series pulls together the core collection people that have influenced, caused, and reacted to the world's most significant historical events. Each extended encyclopedic entry covers biographical details as a basis for leading into the significance of each person and how they fit into the bigger picture.
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  • People at the Center of - The Renaissance

    Michael Schuman

    Library Binding (Blackbirch Press, Sept. 30, 2005)
    A great cultural movement in human history, the Renaissance gave rise to new ideas that reshaped religion, art, literature, architecture and education. From the painting of Rafael to the sculpture of Michelangelo to the new religious ideas of Erasmus, the people of the Renaissance left an exciting intellectual and artistic heritage.
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  • People at the Center of - The Russian Revolution

    Michael Schuman

    Library Binding (Blackbirch Press, Jan. 28, 2005)
    The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a monumental event in Russian history. A series of uprisings caused the collapse of a three hundred year long family-run empire and ultimately established a radically new one-party system. This book takes a look at the key players involved in the conflict, from its roots in peasant unrest to its legacy of Joseph Stalin's regime of terror.
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  • People at the Center of - Women's Suffrage

    Deborah Kops

    Hardcover (Blackbirch Press, Oct. 30, 2003)
    At every stage in world history, a core group of individuals have been the driving force behind the most critical events. They have defined the issues, pushed for change, debated, and led others for a cause. Each title in the People at the Center of series pulls together the core collection people that have influenced, caused, and reacted to the world's most significant historical events. Each extended encyclopedic entry covers biographical details as a basis for leading into the significance of each person and how they fit into the bigger picture.
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  • People at the Center of - The War of 1812

    Steve Otfinoski

    Library Binding (Blackbirch Press, Jan. 28, 2005)
    During the early nineteenth century, Great Britain controlled the oceans and began attacking American ships and conscripting American sailors. Many in the U.S. Congress wished to confront the British in battle. The result was the War of 1812, which pitted the former colonies against the nation from whom they recently had won their independence in the Revolutionary War.
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  • People at the Center of - World War II

    Audrey Kupferberg

    Hardcover (Blackbirch Press, Nov. 14, 2003)
    At every stage in world history, a core group of individuals have been the driving force behind the most critical events. They have defined the issues, pushed for change, debated, and led others for a cause. Each title in the People at the Center of series pulls together the core collection people that have influenced, caused, and reacted to the world's most significant historical events. Each extended encyclopedic entry covers biographical details as a basis for leading into the significance of each person and how they fit into the bigger picture.
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  • People at the Center of - Watergate

    Steve Otfinoski

    Hardcover (Blackbirch Press, Jan. 11, 2005)
    In 1972, five men attempted to break into theDemocratic National Committee headquarters, located in the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. This seemingly minor incident set in motion a series of events that led to a national scandal, and the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
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