The Routledge Atlas of American History pdf

The official biographer of Winston Churchill and a leading historian on the Twentieth Century, Sir Martin Gilbert was a scholar and an historian who, though his 88 books, has shown there is such a thing as “true history” Born in London in 1936, Martin Gilbert was educated at Highgate School, and Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating with First Class Honours. He was a Research Scholar at St Anthony's College, and became a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford in 1962, and an Honorary Fellow in 1994. After working as a researcher for Randolph Churchill, Gilbert was chosen to take over the writing of the Churchill biography upon Randolph's death in 1968, writing six of the eight volumes of biography and editing twelve volumes of documents. In addition, Gilbert has written pioneering and classic works on the First and Second World Wars, the Twentieth Century, the Holocaust, and Jewish history. Gilbert drove every aspect of his books, from finding archives to corresponding with eyewitnesses and participants that gave his work veracity and meaning, to finding and choosing illustrations, drawing maps that mention each place in the text, and compiling the indexes. He travelled widely lecturing and researching, advised political figures and filmmakers, and gave a voice and a name “to those who fought and those who fell.

The Routledge Atlas of American History pdf by Martin Gilbert

The Routledge Atlas of American History presents a series of 157 clear and detailed maps, accompanied by informative captions, facts and figures. Updated with additional maps and text and including significant recent events, the complete history of America is unravelled through vivid representations of all the significant landmarks, including: politics – from the annexation of Texas to the battle for black voting rights and the results of the 2004 Presidential election military events – from the War of Independence and America's standing in two world wars to the conflicts in Korea, Vietnam and the Gulf, including new maps covering the war in Iraq, the American campaign in Afghanistan and the War on Terror social history – from the abolition of slavery to the growth of female emancipation transport – from nineteenth-century railroads and canals to recent ventures into space economics – from early farming and industry to the state of America today. The history of North America from early settlement to the present day is presented to students and enthusiasts of the subject in this fundamental reference book.