100 Documents that changed the World : from Magna carta to wikileaks / Scott Christianson

By:

Christianson, Scott

Publication details: Batsford an imprint of Pavilion Books, 2015. London :Description: 224p. : ill.; 23cmISBN:

9781849943000

Subject(s):

Civilization -- History -- Sources. Civilization -- History. World history -- Sources

DDC classification:

23rd ed. 909CHR

Contents:

Magna Carta (1215); Shakespeare’s First Folio (1623); Declaration of independence (1776); Constitution of the United States (1787); Louisiana Purchase (1803); Darwin’s Evolutionary Tree (1837); Gettysburg Address (1863); Treaty of Versailles (1919); German Surrender (1945); Martin Luther King, Jr's “I Have A Dream” speech (1963); First Website (1991); Edward Snowden Files (2013).

Summary: From the Magna Carta to Martin Luther King, Jr’s ‘I Have A Dream’ speech, these documents have changed the course of history by rewriting laws, granting freedoms and laying out constitutions. As well as of?cial charters and presidential proclamations, there are also the hand-written documents that have gone on to shape the way we think, the scrawled notes that mark breakthroughs in the worlds of science and technology, and the annotated manuscripts that have become literary landmarks. The collection includes Shakespeare’s First Folio, the Constitution of the United States, Darwin’s Evolutionary Tree, the First Geneva Convention and the World Wide Web. The perfect book for all lovers of history, science and culture.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
AIT-BE Special Collections	Acharya Institute of Technology	Acharya Institute of Technology		Available		31071

Includes index.

Includes bibliographies and index.

From the Magna Carta to Martin Luther King, Jr’s ‘I Have A Dream’ speech, these documents have changed the course of history by rewriting laws, granting freedoms and laying out constitutions. As well as of?cial charters and presidential proclamations, there are also the hand-written documents that have gone on to shape the way we think, the scrawled notes that mark breakthroughs in the worlds of science and technology, and the annotated manuscripts that have become literary landmarks. The collection includes Shakespeare’s First Folio, the Constitution of the United States, Darwin’s Evolutionary Tree, the First Geneva Convention and the World Wide Web. The perfect book for all lovers of history, science and culture.

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