The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia, 3rd edition (BiblioPlan Schedule)
by Editors of Kingfisher Author
(From Amazon): Kingfisher's encyclopedias are award-winning, information-packed reference books for all the family. The new, updated editions are beautiful versions of these trusted favorites--perfect for gifts and reference alike. If you want one history encyclopedia, this is it! History leaps from the page in this completely revised and updated edition of the critically acclaimed Kingfisher History Encyclopedia. From man’s earliest history right through to the technological and social revolutions of the current day, this trusted reference provides a one-stop source for research, and is the perfect companion to any study of world history. The encyclopedia is organized chronologically and then thematically within each time period. A timeline runs across the top of each page for context. Each section includes biographies of important people and key features on the art, architecture, and technology of the period. No more hunting and pecking all over the internet for incomplete or un-vetted information. With 3,500 indexed references and more than 2,000 full-color illustrations, photographs, and source materials, as well as research-friendly back matter and index, this encyclopedia provides a beautiful, authoritative reference that is essential for any home, school, or library.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 978-0-7534-6875
- Print Status
- In Print
- Weeks
- 34
- Pages
- 496
- Publisher
- Kingfisher
- Edition
- 3 Rev Upd
- Copyright
- 2012
Weeks
- 1 241-243 Review & 221-221 Spanish Empire
- 2 228-229 Dutch Independence
- 3 246 The Stuarts & 248-249 Early American Settlers
- 4
- 5
- 6 250-251 Swedish Empire & 252-253 The Thirty Years’ War
- 7 259-260 Dutch Empire
- 8 247 The Stuarts & 260-261 English Civil War
- 9 254-255 France and Richelieu & 254-265 Sun King
- 10 274-275 Ireland & 292 Scotland: Jacobites
- 11 280-281 Colonial American
- 12 282-283 Arts, 284-285 Architecture, 286-288 Science/Technology
- 13 232 Japan, 244-245 Japan in Isolation, 262-263 China: Qing Dynasty
- 14 233 China, 314-315 Japan/Southeast Asia
- 15 258-259 East India Companies 265-266, Decline of Mogul India 270-272, Slavery and Pirates
- 16 266-267 Ottoman Empire
- 17 276-277 Russian Expansion & 278-279 The Great Northern War
- 18 256-257 Decline of Spain, 279 The Spanish Succession, 292 Austria and Prussia
- 19 289-291 Revolution…
- 20 300-301 Seven Years’ War & 310-311 Modernizing Russia
- 21 268-269 Age of Reason, 302-303 North America, 306-307 Age of Logic
- 22
- 23 316-317 Birth of the U.S.A.
- 24 312-313 Exploration in Oceania
- 25 318-319 French Revolution
- 26 320-321 Napoleonic Wars
- 27 278 (Swedish)
- 28
- 29 326 Revolt in Latin America
- 30 294-297 Agricultural/ Industry, 327 Unrest in Britain, 330-341 Arts/Science/Revolution
- 31 298-299 India in Transition, 304-305 Trade with China, 344-345 Opium Wars, 324-325 British in India
- 32 272-273 African States, 308-309 Africa, 322-323 End of Slavery
- 33 342 Texas and Mexico
- 34 328-329 Westward Migration & 348 New Zealand
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