The World's Great Events in Five Volumes: A History of the World from Ancient to Modern Times, B. C. 4004 to A. D. 1903, (Volume V) A.D. 1830- A.D. 1908

From the upheavals of 1830 to the anxious dawn of the twentieth century, Volume V of Esther Singleton's The World's Great Events in Five Volumes surveys the decades when modernity took shape. History turns on these years. In this sweeping world history anthology, Singleton gathers vivid accounts of major world events 1830 1908, illuminating an era of industrial age world history marked by restless change. Revolutions wars and empires reshape continents; new technologies transform work, trav...