| Publication |
London, Kingfisher Publications Plc, 2006.
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| Description |
48pRed Spine
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| Series |
Kingfisher history encyclopedia
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| Summary/Abstract |
A period during which the world map changed greatly - new nations were formed and some were unified. Railways, telegraph wires and steamships made the world suddenly smaller. New cities such as New York, Buenos Aires, Johannesburg, Bombay and Shanghai became centres in a new global order.
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| Contents |
The world at a glance
Industrial revolution
Texas and Mexico
South Africa
The Opium wars
Year of revolution
New Zealand
The Crimean war
Japan
American Civil War
The end of the Civil War
Canada
Italy
Germany
Scramble for Africa
Ireland
Southeast Asia
The British empire
USA: The plain wars
The boxer rebellion
Suffrage
Australia
The Balkan wars
The Arts
Architecture
Science and technology
Index
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| Standard Number |
9780753409756 Pb.
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