This series examines major historical watersheds and their impact on the world, with each book recounting the chain of events and analysing their repercussions, both immediate and long term. It contains important information on key people and events and includes contemporary artwork and relevant photographs to help understanding of the issues. The key features include: up-to-date and relevant for children of today; new editions feature a fresh new design; and, more primary sources add to the readers greater understanding of the era.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Turning Points in History .

There are 32 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2007 by Capstone Global Library Ltd .

Richard Tames is an experienced author, having written many non-fiction books for children and schools.