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

by S. Wise Bauer

Other authorsSarah Park
Paper Book, 2005

Collections

FLDMN, Glg Public Lib

Status

Available

Series

Story of the World (4)

Tags

Geelong Public Library, AO, AO5, AO5T3, AO6, AO6T1, History

Genres

Publication

Charles City, VA : Peace Hill Press, c2005.

Description

Chronological history of the modern age, from 1850 to 2000.

Subjects

History, Modern Juvenile literature

Language

English

Physical description

xv, 503 p.; 22 cm

ISBN

0972860347 / 9780972860345

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LibraryThing member Hamburgerclan
The conclusion of The Story of the World takes us from 1850 to 1994, with a brief mention of September 11th, 2001 in an afterword. The reason Ms. Bauer stops short is that the big events of the 21st Century are essentially current events, not historical ones which folks can look at with a full
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 perspective. I suppose that's why my history books in school never went past the Vietnam War. (Not that it mattered, we were always behind at the end of the year.) Anyway, Modern Age is true to form, presenting historical events as a story. It was interesting that the further I got into the book, and hence the more familiar I was with the historical events described, the more critical I got. But this is a book for kids after all and one should expect a certain degree of simplicity. So check it out.
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LibraryThing member jlapac
This is a great way to introduce children to world history and mythology. It is very simplistic, but if you know nothing about some cultures, it is a great start.
LibraryThing member VhartPowers
I've read all four volumes and found this one to be the most frustrating due to the lack of neutrality in the writing information. This volume wasn't written in a story form like the other volumes and the writing is a bit choppy, but this isn't what I had a problem with. This book has a disclaimer
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 in the beginning that it's for older students so I was expecting more facts, but found the book to be more biased and included more misleading information than the other three. (there were a few misleading or absolute falsehoods in the others as well, but perhaps not as glaringly obvious?) If you don't have time to do more research I'd suggest bypassing this volume or to take it with many grains of salt.
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