Description |
1 online resource (200 pages) : illustrations |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
The age of revolutions -- Exhilaration -- The fishwives make the rules / by Tanya Lee Stone -- The contradictory king / by Karen Engelmann -- Pi, Vega, and the battle at Belgrade / by Amy Alznauer -- Abomination -- The queen's chemise / by Susan Campbell Bartoletti -- The choice / by Marc Aronson -- All men are created equal / by Joyce Hansen -- Inspiration -- The Wesleyans in the West Indies / by Summer Edward -- Who counted in America? / by Cynthia Levinson and Sanford Levinson -- Mary Jemison and the Seneca Nation / by Christopher Turner -- Conclusions -- Challenging time / by Sally M. Walker -- Mutiny on the Bounty / by Steve Sheinkin. |
Indexed In: |
Horn Book Guide, 10/2020 |
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Kirkus Reviews Starred, 7/15/2020 |
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Publishers Weekly Starred, 10/19/2020 |
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School Library Connection, 8/2020 |
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School Library Journal, 7/2020 |
Summary |
Collects ten stories of men and women at the forefront of social and political change in the year 1798, a time when democracies and revolutions were being solidified and enacted around the world, from the United States to France to the Caribbean. Includes stories of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Marie Antoinette, the former slave Olaudah Equaino, and painter Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun. |
Audience |
9-12. |
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1150 Lexile. |
System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Note |
Description based on book record. |
Subject |
Electronic books.
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Eighteenth century.
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Social change.
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Europe -- History -- 1789-1815.
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United States -- History -- 1783-1815.
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Added Author |
Aronson, Marc, editor.
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Bartoletti, Susan Campbell, editor.
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Added Title |
Seventeen eighty nine |
ISBN |
9781536216073 |
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