A history of the world during the nineteenth century. Includes the early Industrial Revolution in Europe, growing colonial empires, conflicts over slavery, and America's emergence as an industrial... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Illustrated History from after the French Revolution
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
With the price set at 10.99 pounds, this British book apparently has an audience of fifth graders through high school. Full-color artwork, diagrams, maps, captions, quotations, information boxes, time charts, etc. keep the the reader interested. Contains an index and a glossary. Chapters include the following: Poverty and Protest, The Industrial Revolution, The Coming of the Railways, Manufacturers and Markets, Life in the Cities, the Protesters, Crisis in the Countryside, Russia: The Sleeing Giant, the British in India, the American West, Ending the Slave Trade, The West Comes to China, Japan's Leap Forward, South Africa and the Boers, Australia and New Zealand, the Steamship Age, The Dawn of the Oil Age, the Communications Revolution, and others.
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