Wednesday, May 23, 2007
The Story of the World: The Modern Age
by Susan Wise Bauer
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 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.
LibraryThing link
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 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.
LibraryThing link
Labels: CheckItOut, StoryoftheWorld, SusanWiseBauer
Monday, December 18, 2006
The Story of the World: Early Modern Times
by Susan Wise Bauer
This one's the third of the four volume series, subtitled "History for the Classical Child". It covers world history from around 1600 to the year 1850. Like its predecessors, Ancient Times and The Middle Ages, it presents history as if telling a story. It also bothers to inform the reader what was happening outside of European lands during those years. Check it out.
LibraryThing link
This one's the third of the four volume series, subtitled "History for the Classical Child". It covers world history from around 1600 to the year 1850. Like its predecessors, Ancient Times and The Middle Ages, it presents history as if telling a story. It also bothers to inform the reader what was happening outside of European lands during those years. Check it out.
LibraryThing link
Labels: CheckItOut, StoryoftheWorld, SusanWiseBauer
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