Four volumes present essays discussing important events that occurred in the nineteenth century and how they changed the world.

Presents a chronological analysis of the world's most important events and developments from 477 through 1453 c.e.

Key documents from all important world cultures are included, from the ancient Near East and ancient Egypt to the Greek and Roman Empires, medieval Islam, Renaissance Europe, and modern Africa and Asia. Constitutions, speeches, letters, acts, treaties, and legal cases are all covered. Among the documents included in the set are iconic legal and constitutional documents such as the Code of Hammurabi, Magna Carta, Meiji Constitution, and the Constitutive...

Presents a chronological analysis of the world's most important events and developments from 1601 through 1700.

Reviews of significant fiction and nonfiction published in 1990. Provides coverage for works that are likely to be of particular interest to the general reader, that reflect the publishing trends of a given year, and that will stand up to the test of time.

Focuses on American children, decade by decade from 1880 to 1999, introducing three children from each decade and one from each of the working, middle and upper classes.

Contains articles on the history of pandemics around the world, from the late Middle Ages and the Black Death to the twenty-first century and SARS, Zika and COVID-19.

Reviews of significant fiction and nonfiction published in 1992. Provides coverage for works that are likely to be of particular interest to the general reader, that reflect the publishing trends of a given year, and that will stand up to the test of time.

Reviews of significant fiction and nonfiction published in 2012. Provides coverage for works that are likely to be of particular interest to the general reader, that reflect the publishing trends of a given year, and that will stand up to the test of time.

Contains 200 reviews of significant fiction and nonfiction published in 2013. Provides coverage for works that are likely to be of particular interest to the general reader, that reflect the publishing trends of a given year, and that will stand up to the test of time.