Contains eleven essays in which the authors examine the history, causes, and economic and cultural impact of the fourteenth-century plague known as the Black Death

Studies the French Revolution and discusses the political, social, and military events that caused it.

A collection of essays in which the authors examine various aspects of the sixteenth-century Reformation. Includes an appendix of excerpts from primary source documents, a bibliography, a chronology of events, and a comprehensive index.

Discusses influences on the rise of the Egyptian civilization; the Pharaoh, the royal family, and religion; accomplishments in writing, medicine, and art; the pyramids; the decline of the empire; and ancient Egypts's legacy.

Contains over twenty essays by a variety of authors in which they analyze the historical progression, underlying causes, and competing strategies of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.

Presents contrasting viewpoints about the best remedies for the economic crisis of the 1930's, the implementation of President Roosevelt's New Deal, and the historical impact of both the Depression and the New Deal.

Many of the most respected Civil War historians, and their changing interpretations of the conflict, including J. G. Randall, David Donald, James A. Rawley, and James M. McPherson, are excerpted. An introduction outlines the nation's antebellum history, the table of contents is annotated, and each essay is preceded by a brief summary. Outstanding features of the book are discussion questions and the appendix of documents that are sure to inspire additional...