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Summary
Summary
The history of the world comes to life in a brand-new way in a groundbreaking visual reference from two trusted leaders in the information industry. This stunning guide is a fact-filled and visual journey like no other through the last 150+ years of world history. Its easy-to-follow format pairs informative and engaging text with thousands of revealing historical photos.
A comprehensive chronology from Encyclopædia Britannica, the worldwide authority in knowledge and education, includes more than 6,000 time line entries organized into the following categories: Science, Medicine, and Technology; Religion, Philosophy, and Education; History and Politics; Business and Commerce; Daily Life and Society; and The Arts. In addition to the timeline, numerous spotlight articles delve deeper into specific subjects.
The thousands of historical photos in the book are drawn from the incomparable collection of Getty Images. The accompanying CD-ROM includes an additional 20,000 images, online access to gettyimages.com provides links to 2 million additional photos, and clicking on Britannica.com gives 20 million more historical facts.
Without question, The Encyclopædia Britannica/Getty Images History of the World in Photographs is a newsworthy leap forward in its use of technology to organize and present history in all its vivid detail. It's sure to be this year's gift of choice for dads, grads, and history buffs everywhere.
Recommended system for the CD-ROM: PC running Windows-XP or Windows Vista, or Macintosh running Safari 3. A CD-ROM or compatible optical drive is required. Most features of the software are available to Macintosh users, though not all.
Author Notes
Getty Images was the first company to license imagery through the internet. With 21 offices worldwide, Getty distributes material to users in more than 100 countries. Encyclopædia Britannica is a worldwide leader in reference, education, and learning. It's 32-volume encyclopedia, first published in 1768, is the oldest English-language encyclopedia still in print. In 1994, the company launched Britannica Online , the first encyclopedia for the Internet. Britannica publishes several other reference sets for students and young children, including Compton's by Britannica, My First Britannica , and Discover America .
Reviews 2
Choice Review
Encyclop^Daedia Britannica and Getty Images, respected information brokers, have created an appealing reference book. Starting with 1850, this collection of facts and 2,000 photographs chronicles the 150 years since Dickens wrote and the Homestead Act drew hardy families to the western US. Organized by decade, the time line text frames pages with images in the middle. Chronological captions (6,000) mark milestones in science, technology, religion, education, politics, history, business, daily life, and the arts. Greater detail appears in spotlight articles. This resource is enhanced by a companion CD-ROM with another 20,000 images. Searchable by keyword and date range (e.g., dance between 1850 and 1930), the CD's explanatory text, date feature, and three size options make it a stellar addition. Another 2 million images and 10 million Britannica facts are accessible online. Although the core photographs are from the US and Europe, other locales are represented (e.g., Australian aborigines in 1850, China in 1860, and Sharpeville, South Africa, in 1960). Compelling photographs document a rich variety of subjects--from women volleyball players in long dresses in 1895, to Teddy Roosevelt fording a river on a moose, to Hurricane Katrina. Includes a 21-page index. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers; general readers. E. L. Bagley Agnes Scott College
Library Journal Review
This reasonably priced volume would entice just about anyone to learn about history owing primarly to the 2000 gorgeous photographs taking up the larger part of each page. The mostly black-and-white photos are arresting portraits and scenes in the categories of science (first in vitro baby), technology (Tommy gun), religion (Mormon family), daily life (early supermarket), politics (Kennedy, full page), the arts (Ulysses published), and sports (a team of the Negro League). Few of the photos are violent, and they are predominantly Anglo-American, but they also include India and South Africa. The 6000-entry chronology is in strips along the tops and bottoms of the pages and in 300 spotlight articles. The index makes it easy to find any particular image, while an accompanying DVD offers 20,000 additional pictures for added value and browsing pleasure. Famous stock-photo company Getty Images is teamed here with text from the equally famous Encyclopaedia Britannica. In a time of rapidly changing media, this work keeps both names in the public eye. Bottom Line Because a picture is always worth a 1000 words, this is a big improvement over Fact On File's "Day by Day" series and other day-by-day books-even popular web sites like AnyDay-in-History (www.scopesys.com/anyday). Public and university libraries will buy it for the sheer enjoyment of looking at the photographs and learning a bit of history along the way.-Janice Dunham, John Jay Coll. Lib., CUNY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
