World Eras: The European Renaissance and Reformation (1350-1600) - Hardcover

Gale Group; Wilson, Norman J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0787617067 ISBN 13: 9780787617066

Verlag: GALE CENGAGE REFERENCE, 2001

Inhaltsangabe

World Eras is patterned after the award-winning American Decades series. Covering areas often overlooked by other publications, World Eras provides a multicultural approach that directly reflects changing curriculum standards, with a cross-disciplinary overview of world history and a strong emphasis of daily life and social history.

Each volume in this set contains in-depth coverage of one era and is organized into ten chapters:

• World events -- A Chronology
• Geography
• The Arts -- Sculpture, Architecture, Painting and Music
• Communications, Transportation and Exploration
• Social class Systems and the Economy -- focusing on social-economic hierarchy
• Politics, Law and the Military
• Leisure, Recreation and Daily life -- housing, clothing, food, education, etc.
• Family and Social Trends -- customs, beliefs, roles and responsibilities
• Religion and Philosophy
• Science, Technology and Health

Each volume includes an introductory essay that provides context and overview of the era written by a scholar in the field and will contain 150 photographs, line drawings, diagrams, illustrations and sidebars. Each chapter within a volume includes an introductory essay, a timeline, entries on specific topics, events or movements, biographies of prominent individuals, and important publications of the era. A glossary of subject-specific terms appears at the en

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: GALE CENGAGE REFERENCE
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0787617067
• ISBN 13: 9780787617066
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 552
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