1789 : twelve authors explore a year of rebellion, revolution, and change
Title:
1789 : twelve authors explore a year of rebellion, revolution, and change
Author:
Aronson, Marc, editor.
ISBN:
9781536208733
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
"The fishwives make the rules" / by Tanya Lee Stone -- The contradictory king / by Karen Englemann -- Pi, Vega, and the battle at Belgrade / by Amy Alznauer -- The Queen's chemise / by Susan Campbell Bartoletti -- The choice / by Marc Aronson -- "All men are created equal" / by Joyce Hansen -- The Wesleyans in the West Indies / by Summer Edward -- Who counted in America? / by Cynthia Levinson and Sanford Levinson -- Mary Jemison and the Seneca nation / by Christopher Turner -- Challenging time / by Sally M. Walker -- Mutiny on the Bounty / by Steve Sheinkin.
Abstract:
The creators of 1968 examine the important historical events and people of 1789 and their significance on modern perspectives about human equality, in a nonfiction anthology that includes coverage of the U.S. Bill of Rights, the French Revolution and the digits of pi. Simultaneous eBook.
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