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Publisher
Alpha
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
A fun-to-read introduction to the fascinating history, people, and culture of ancient Rome. Includes the history of the Roman Empireʼs rise and fall, an introduction to the great epic literature of the Roman Republic, a survey of the Romans in arts and popular culture, fascinating details of some of historyʼs most nefarious emperors, including Nero, Caligula, and Commodus. Also includes information on games and gladiators, llaves and slavery, women,...
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A workbook that examines world history on a middle school level. Organized by key concepts, the text includes mnemonic devices, definitions, timelines and doodles to help the subject stick in your brain, so you can ace your class.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A magnificent, foundational reckoning with how Black Americans have used the written word to define and redefine themselves, in resistance to the lies of racism and often in heated disagreement with each other, over the course of the country's history. Distilled over many years from Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s legendary Harvard introductory course in African American Studies, The Black Box: Writing the Race, is the story of Black self-definition in...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A profound new rendering of the struggle by African Americans for equality after the Civil War and the violent counterrevolution that resubjugated them, as seen through the prism of the war of images and ideas that have left an enduring stain on the American mind. The story of the abolition of slavery in the aftermath of the Civil War is a familiar one, as is the civil rights revolution that transformed the nation after World War II. But the century...
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