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The story of the world : history for the classical child. Vol. 4, The modern age : from Victoria's Empire to the end of the USSR Cover Image Book

The story of the world : history for the classical child. Vol. 4, The modern age : from Victoria's Empire to the end of the USSR / Susan Wise Bauer ; illustrations by Sarah Park.

Modern age, from Victoria's Empire to the end of the USSR (portion title)
Bauer, Susan Wise. (Author). Park, Sarah. (Added Author).

Summary:

Chronological history of the modern age, from 1850 to 2000.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780972860338
  • ISBN: 0972860339
  • ISBN: 9780972860352
  • ISBN: 9780972860345
  • ISBN: 0972860347
  • Physical Description: xv, 503 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Charles City, VA : Peace Hill Press, ©2005.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Britain's empire -- West against East -- British invasions -- Resurrection and rebellion --American Civil War -- Two tries for freedom -- Two empires, three republics, and one kingdom -- Becoming modern -- Two more empires, two rebellions -- Canal to the East and a very dry desert -- Far parts of the world -- Unhappy unions -- Old-fashioned emperor and the Red Sultan -- Two Czars and two emperors -- Small countries with large invaders -- Expanding United States -- China's troubles -- Europe and the countries just East -- China, Vietnam -- and France -- Revolution in the Americas ... war in the world -- Revolution begins, and the Great War ends -- National uprisings -- "Peace" and a man of war -- King and II Duce -- Armies in China -- Great crash, and what came of it -- Civil War and invasion -- The Second World War -- End of World War II -- Partitioned countries -- Western bullies and American money -- Africarica and China after World War II -- Communism in Asia -- Dictators in South America and Africa -- Cold War -- Struggles and assassinations -- Two short wars and one long one -- Two ways of fighting -- 1980s in the East and the Mideast -- 1980s in USSR -- Communism crumbles, but survives -- End of the twentieth century -- Table of dates -- a chronology of the Modern Age.
Target Audience Note:
For ages 5 to 12.

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History, Modern > 19th century > Juvenile literature.
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