Marc Notes:
Discusses milestones in the geopolitics of the seventeenth century--from the Thirty Years' War to the War of the League of Augsburg;from the European arrival in Australia to the establishment of the Louisiana Colony. Also addresses key social developments in daily life: the practice of birth control;the popularization of New World imports such as tobacco, coffee, and chocolate;the establishment of Tokyo's Floating World district;the ineradicable devastation of the Middle Passage and African American slavery.;Includes bibliographical references and index.;Some of the essays in this work were originally published in Chronology of European history, 15,000 B.C. to 1997 and Great events from history: North American series. Rev. ed. 1997.;012-up.

Brief Description:
Discusses milestones in the geopolitics of the seventeenth century--from the Thirty Years' War to the War of the League of Augsburg; from the European arrival in Australia to the establishment of the Louisiana Colony. Also addresses key social developments in daily life: the practice of birth control; the popularization of New World imports such as tobacco, coffee, and chocolate; the establishment of Tokyo's Floating World district; the ineradicable devastation of the Middle Passage and African American slavery.

Publisher Marketing:
Included in The 17th Century are milestones in the geopolitics of the era-from the Thirty Years? War to the War of the League of Augsburg; from Europeans? arrival in Australia to the establishment of the Louisiana Colony. Also essays address key social developments in daily life: the practice of birth control; the popularization of New World imports such as tobacco, coffee, and chocolate; the establishment of Tokyo's Floating World district; the ineradicable devastation of the Middle Passage and African American slavery.

Review Citations:

• Booklist 03/15/2006 pg. 78 (EAN 9781587652257, Hardcover)
• School Library Journal 06/01/2006 pg. 99 (EAN 9781587652257, Hardcover)
• Rec Ref Bks for Small/Med Libr 01/01/2006 pg. 101 (EAN 9781587652257, Hardcover)
• American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2006 pg. 225 (EAN 9781587652257, Hardcover)
• American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2007 pg. 200 (EAN 9781587652257, Hardcover)
• Wilson Nonfiction Catalog 04/11/2019 (EAN 9781587652257, Hardcover)
• Wilson Senior High Catalog 04/11/2019 (EAN 9781587652257, Hardcover)