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Daily Life Through History from Greenwood
A collection of encyclopedic articles and primary documents on the Ancient Worlds and Mesoamerica: Mesopotamia, Ancient Greeks, Aztecs, Inca Empire and Maya Civilization, and on England and America: Chaucer's England, Elizabethan England, Civil War America, 19th Century American Frontier, and Victorian England.
Sections:
- Daily Life in Ancient Mesopotamia
- Daily Life in Chaucer's England
- Daily Life in Civil War America
- Daily Life in Elizabethan England
- Daily Life in Maya Civilization
- Daily Life in the Inca Empire
- Daily Life in Victorian England
- Daily Life of the Ancient Greeks
- Daily Life of the Aztecs: People of the Sun and Earth
- Daily Life on the 19th Century American Frontier
Content features include:
- Six volumes from The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life
- 34 volumes from the critically acclaimed Daily Life through History series
- 40 volumes from the Histories of the Modern Nations series
- 53 volumes from the Popular Cultures and Customs series
- 11 titles from the Food Culture around the World series
- Six volumes from The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide
- Related history reference works from Greenwood Press
- Related general nonfiction and monographs from Praeger
- More than 2,000 color and black-and-white images, illustrations, and maps
- 50 lesson plans correlated to all national and state standards
- Thousands of annotated primary documents across all subject areas are presented with a brief introductory paragraph that explains context
- Tours through Time features
- CIA World Factbook data is integrated for one-stop ready reference
Daily Life through History is a dynamic resource that provides content from a vast number of reference works, monographs, and primary documents. Based on the Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life, it is supported by an active publishing program that ensures an ever-expanding and updated base of content.
With Daily Life Through History, you can...
- Rely on robust searching and advanced searching capabilities
- Benefit from a clear, easy-to-use interface and exceptional site navigability
- Browse by time period, region, or subject
- See history up close with more than 1,200 color and black-and-white images
- Understand historical context with chronologies and timelines
- Access museums, galleries, and primary source repositories via hundreds of vetted Web links
- Enjoy a full range of content, from short articles to longer entries
- Utilize teacher lesson plans, correlated to the National Center for History in the Schools standards
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Date
September 13, 2010
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