Documents that changed the way we live
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Lanham, Maryland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
Description: xv, 273 pages : 24 cm
Table of contents: title: Gregorian Calendar, 1582/Gutenberg Indulgence, 1454; title: Exaltation of Inanna, c2300 BCE; title: Rosetta Stone, 196 BCE; title: Donation of Constantine, c750; title: Liber Abaci (Arabic numerals), 1202; title: Annals of the world, 1650; title: Philosophical transactions, 1665; title: The Riot Act, 1714; title: Declaration of Independence deleted passage, 1776; title: What is the Third Estate?, 1789; title: The Star-Spangled Banner, 1814; title: Webster's Dictionary, 1828; title: The Book of Mormon, 1830; title: First women's college diploma, 1840; title: John Snow's cholera map, 1854; title: Rules of Association Football (soccer), 1863; title: Alaska Purchase check, 1868; title: Robert's Rules of Order, 1876; title: Alfred Nobel's will, 1895; title: First x-ray, 1895; title: Fannie Farmer Cook Book, 1896; title: The protocols of the elders of Zion, c1900; title: IQ test, 1905; title: Zimmerman Telegram, 1917; title: The Nineteenth Amendment, 1920; title: Statistical significance, 1925; title: Stock Market ticker tape, 1929; title: Richter Scale, 1935; title: Einstein's letter to Roosevelt, 1939; title: FDR and Thanksgiving, 1939; title: Letters of transit, 1942; title: We can do it! poster, 1943; title: Joseph McCarthy's list, 1950; title: Mental disorder diagnosis manual, 1952; title: Airplane "black box," 1958; title: Space Needle sketch, 1959; title: Obama birth certificate, 1961; title: Zapruder film, 1963; title: Quotations of Chairman Mao, 1965; title: The 18 1/2 minute gap, 1972; title: Internet Protocol, 1981; title: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 1982; title: AIDS quilt, 1987; title: Nupedia, 2000; title: Palm Beach County butterfly ballot, 2000; title: Pope Benedict XVI's resignation, 2013; title: Conclusion: the next document?; title: Index; title: About the author.