| The Cartoon History of the Modern World Part 1: From Columbus to the U.S. Constitution Contributor(s): Gonick, Larry (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060760044 ISBN-13: 9780060760045 Publisher: William Morrow & Company OUR PRICE: $18.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2006 Annotation: A master cartoonist picks up his award-winning Cartoon History of the Universe series in this complete story of the world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Modern - General - Comics & Graphic Novels | Reference |
| Dewey: 909.080 |
| LCCN: 2006049146 |
| Series: Cartoon History of the Modern World |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 7.36" W x 9.2" (1.00 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Cartoon History of the Modern World is a wickedly funny take on modern history. It is essentially a complete and up-to-date course in college level Modern World History, but presented as a graphic novel. In an engaging and humorous graphic style, Larry Gonick covers the history, personalities and big topics that have shaped our universe over the past five centuries, including the Industrial Revolution, the American Revolution, the Russian Revolution, the evolution of political, social, economic, and scientific thought, Communism, Fascism, Nazism, the Cold War, Globalization--and much more. Volume I of the Cartoon History of the Modern World picks up from Gonick's award winning Cartoon History of the Universe Series. That series began with the Big Bang and ended with Christopher Columbus sailing for the New World. This book starts off with peoples that Columbus discovered and ends with the U.S. Revolution. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gonick, Larry: - Larry Gonick has been creating comics that explain math, history, science, and other big subjects for more than forty years. He has been a calculus instructor at Harvard (where he earned his BA and MA in mathematics) and a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT, and he is currently staff cartoonist for Muse magazine. He lives in San Francisco, California. |