Profiles in world history
Subtitle: significant events and the people who shaped them
By: [edited by] Joyce Moss and George Wilson.
Contributors: Moss, Joyce, 1951-; Wilson, George, 1920-
Publisher: U X L; U·X·L
Published: 1996
Place of publication: [Detroit, MI]
Language: eng
Subjects: World history -- Juvenile literature.; Biography -- Juvenile literature.; World history.; Biography.
Description: Each chapter focuses on one particular event which is placed in historical context and followed by biographical profiles of individuals who played active roles in the event.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Cumulative index in vol. 8.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Beginnings of civilization to expansion of world powers; title: v. 2. Experimenting with governments to Viking invasion of Britain, 200 B.C.-A.D. 1066; title: v. 3. Crusades to building empires in the Americas, 1095-1500; title: v.4. Beginnings of the age of discovery to industrial revolution, 1400-1830 v. 5. British world influence to seeking alternatives to capitalism, 1750-1900; title: v. 6. Social reform to world wars, 1880-1945; title: v. 7. Reshaping nations to Cold War, 1918-1970; title: v. 8. Issues of human survival to Middle East peace process, 1960-1995.