Ciment, James

Describes over four hundred years of African-American history, discussing slavery, the Black Power movement, social and economic issues, and many more topics, and including 143 photographs, seventy-three maps, and thirty line illustrations and graphs.

The first of a four volume encyclopedia that contains articles addressing the diverse demographic, economic, legal, political, and social aspects of immigration in the United States, from the ancestors of Native Americans to the early twenty-first century.

Chronicles the history of African-American descent and their influence on U.S. history and culture and chronicles important events and people through black-and-white and color photographs, sixty-seven maps, graphs, diagrams, and line illustrations.

Discusses the roots of war, various alliances and summit meetings meant to forestall conflict, and the background of and events connected with numerous specific conflicts in the second half of the twentieth century.

A collection of introductory essays on the causes of conflict, descriptions of various diplomatic efforts, and a discussion of conflicts that changed the course of post-World War II history from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.