The story of the world. Volume 4. The modern age, from Victoria's empire to the end of the USSR,: history for the classical child

The story of the world Volume 4. The modern age, from Victoria's empire to the end of the USSR,: history for the classical child Volume 4. The modern age, from Victoria's empire to the end of the USSR,:

Susan Wise Bauer

Book - 2020

"A narrative history of the world during the time period from Victoria's Empire to the End of the USSR, for elementary and early-middle-school students"--

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History, Modern > 19th century > Juvenile literature.
History, Modern > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Published
Charles City, VA : Well-Trained Mind Press 2020.
Language
English
Main Author
Susan Wise Bauer (author)
Other Authors
Jeff West (illustrator), Sarah Park
Edition
Revised edition
Item Description
Includes index.
"With new maps, illustrations, and timelines."
Physical Description
pages : illustrations, maps ; cm
Issued also in Kindle and audiobook formats
Audience
4-8.
ISBN
9781945841903
9781945841897
  • Foreword
  • Chapter 1. Britain's Empire
  • Victoria's England
  • The Sepoy Mutiny
  • Chapter 2. West Against East
  • Japan Re-Opens
  • The Crimean War
  • Chapter 3. British Invasions
  • The Great Game
  • Wandering Through Africa
  • Chapter 4. Resurrection and Rebellion
  • Italy's "Resurrection"
  • The Taiping Rebellion
  • Chapter 5. The American Civil War
  • South Against North
  • After the Civil War
  • Chapter 6. Two Tries For Freedom
  • Paraguay and the Triple Alliance
  • The Dominion of Canada
  • Chapter 7. Two Empires, Three Republics, and One Kingdom
  • Two Empires and Three Republics
  • The Second Reich
  • Chapter 8. Becoming Modern
  • Rails, Zones, and Bulbs
  • Japan's Meiji Restoration
  • Chapter 9. Two More Empires, Two Rebellions
  • The Dutch East Indies
  • The Sick Man of Europe
  • Chapter 10. A Canal to the East and a Very Dry Desert
  • The War of the Pacific
  • The Suez Canal
  • Chapter 11. The Far Parts of the World
  • The Iron Outlaw
  • Carving Up Africa
  • Chapter 12. Unhappy Unions
  • Ireland's Troubles
  • The Boers and the British
  • Chapter 13. The Old-Fashioned Emperor and the Red Sultan
  • Brazil's Republic
  • Abdulhamid the Red
  • Chapter 14. Two Czars and Two Emperors
  • The Next-to-Last Czar of Russia
  • Ethiopia and Italy
  • Chapter 15. Small Countries With Large Invaders
  • The Korean Battleground
  • The Spanish-American War
  • Chapter 16. The Expanding United States
  • Moving West
  • Stocks, Philanthropists, and Outlaws
  • Chapter 17. Chinas Troubles
  • The Boxer Rebellion
  • The Czar and the Admiral
  • Chapter 18. Europe and the Countries Just East
  • Persia, Its Enemies, and Its "Friends"
  • The Balkan Mess
  • Chapter 19. China, Vietnam-and France
  • The Last Emperor
  • The Vietnamese Restoration Society
  • Chapter 20. Revolution In the Americas...War In the World
  • The Mexican Revolution
  • World War I
  • Chapter 21. A Revolution Begins, and the Great War Ends
  • The Russian Revolution
  • The End of World War I
  • Chapter 22. National Uprisings
  • The Easter Uprising
  • Indian Nationalism
  • Chapter 23. "Peace" and a Man of War
  • The Peace of Versailles
  • The Rise of Joseph Stalin
  • Chapter 24. The King and II Duce
  • The First King of Egypt
  • Fascism in Italy
  • Chapter 25. Armies In China
  • Japan, China, and a Pretend Emperor
  • The Long March
  • Chapter 26. The Great Crash, and What Came of It
  • Black Tuesday and a New Deal
  • Hitler's Rise to Power
  • Chapter 27. Civil War and Invasion
  • Red Spain, Black Spain, a King, and a General
  • Rebuilding the "Fatherland"
  • Chapter 28. The Second World War
  • The Three-War War
  • The Holocaust
  • Chapter 29. The End of World War II
  • The War that Stretched Across the World
  • The Atom Bomb
  • Chapter 30. Partitioned Countries
  • Muslims and Hindus in India
  • The Partitioning of Palestine
  • Chapter 31. Western Bullies and American Money
  • The Suez Crisis
  • The Marshall Plan
  • Chapter 32. Africa and China After World War II
  • One Country, Two Different Worlds
  • Two Republics of China
  • Chapter 33. Communism in Asia
  • Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh
  • The Korean War
  • Chapter 34. Dictators in South America and Africa
  • Argentina's President and His Wife
  • Freedom in the Belgian Congo
  • Chapter 35. The Cold War
  • The Space Race
  • Thirteen Days in October
  • Chapter 36. Struggles and Assassinations
  • The Death of John F. Kennedy
  • Civil Rights
  • Chapter 37. Two Short Wars and One Long One
  • The Vietnam War
  • Trouble in the Middle East
  • Chapter 38. Two Ways of Fighting
  • Soviet Invasions
  • Terrorism
  • Chapter 39. The 1980s in the East and the Mideast
  • India After Partition
  • Iran and Iraq
  • Chapter 40. The 1980s in the USSR
  • Chernobyl and Nuclear Power
  • The End of the Cold War
  • Chapter 41. Communism Crumbles-but Survives
  • Democracy in China?
  • Communism Crumbles
  • Chapter 42. The End of the Twentieth Century
  • The First Persian Gulf War
  • Africa, Independent
  • Afterword
  • Table of Dates-A Chronology of the Modern Age
  • A Geography of the Modern Age
  • Pronouncing the Names of the Modern Age
  • Index

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