Government Leaders, Military Rulers, and Political Activists - An Encyclopedia of People Who Changed the World

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, leading America from a wheelchair; Genghis Khan, conquering Central Asia until he died in a riding accident; Nelson Mandela, teaching freedom through prison walls: this multicultural reference tool examines 200 leaders, rulers, and activists from around the world. The volume includes lesser-known, yet important, individuals such as Chin Shih Huang, the emperor who reunified China, and Hatshepsut, queen of ancient Egyptian dynasty. Detailed biographical essays place them in a broad historical context, illuminating their enduring impact on the common understanding, and fundamental themes, of human existence.

List of contents

Introduction
Biographies
Appendix One: Highlights of Government, Military, and Political Events
Appendix Two: Chronological Listing of Biographies
Appendix Three: Alphabetical Listing of Biographies
Bibliography
Index

About the author

David W. Del Testa has a PhD in history from the University of California at Davis. He is a member of the American Historical Association and the Association of Asian Studies. Del Testa has been a history teaching instructor and teaching assistant for the past eight years.

Product details

• Authors: David de La Testa, Florence Lemoine, John Strickland, David W. Del Testa
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2001
• EAN: 9781573561532
• ISBN: 978-1-57356-153-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Weight: 822 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Biography: general, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference, Politics & government, Reference works, Politics and government, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Politics, Law, and Government: History