American history Burg does not claim to have been there himself, but collects narrative, chronicle, quotation, and biography that portrays the war of US independence from the perspective of people who were there. He warns students and other readers that the collection—indeed the entire Eyewitness History Series—provides only a broad overview, and that other books must be consulted for the detail; he recommends some. The arrangement is chronological from the prelude beginning in 1756 to the 1783 Treaty of Paris. Maps and biographical sketches are appended.
This Companion comprises 28 essays by international scholars offering an analytical overview of the development of Russian history from the earliest Slavs through to the present day.
Incorporating a broad range of contemporary scholarship, A History of Victorian Literature presents an overview of the literature produced in Great Britain between 1830 and 1900, with fresh consideration of both major figures and some of the era's less familiar authors. Part of the Blackwell Histories of Literature series, the book describes the development of the Victorian literary movement and places it within its cultural, social and political context.
May 1973 The Volga: Russia's Mighty River Road It contains articles about people, nature, the planet, popular science, history, culture, current events, and photography.
